Shane Davis (University of Virginia)
Title: Solving the Quasar "Crisis"
Abstract: Observational constraints on the spectral shape and the sizes of quasar emission regions are in conflict with standard accretion disk models. This contrasts with disk dominated states of X-ray binaries, which seem to be reasonably consistent with theoretical predictions. This difference motivates focusing on aspects of the accretion flow that differ between these two systems and one possibility is the ultraviolet...
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