The luminosity density of an accretion disk, which extends from riso to rmax, is given by the blackbody Planck's formula Ιναν Tmax 12 Sam r ehv/kBT(r) BT(r) – 1 dr, rlso where is the radiation frequency, T (r) is the temperature in the disc at radius r, h is the Planck's constant and kB is the Boltzmann's constant. Show that, in the limit hv <1, L, is proportional to 12. KBT

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The luminosity density of an accretion disk, which extends from riso to rmax, is given
by the blackbody Planck's formula
Ιναν
Tmax
12 Sam
r
ehv/kBT(r)
BT(r) – 1 dr,
rlso
where is the radiation frequency, T (r) is the temperature in the disc at radius r, h
is the Planck's constant and kB is the Boltzmann's constant. Show that, in the limit
hv <1, L, is proportional to 12.
KBT
Transcribed Image Text:The luminosity density of an accretion disk, which extends from riso to rmax, is given by the blackbody Planck's formula Ιναν Tmax 12 Sam r ehv/kBT(r) BT(r) – 1 dr, rlso where is the radiation frequency, T (r) is the temperature in the disc at radius r, h is the Planck's constant and kB is the Boltzmann's constant. Show that, in the limit hv <1, L, is proportional to 12. KBT
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