Isaac Shlosman

The Limited Lifetime of Self-Gravitating Accretion Disks in Galactic Centers

Globally self-gravitating accretion disks in active galactic nuclei (AGN) have been frequently discussed in the literature, but never observed. A few dozen megamasering accretion disks in AGN have been detected, which display a clear Keplerian rotation on scales of 0.1–1 pc, allo...