Accretion disks in compact stellar systems / editor, J. Craig Wheeler



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Accretion disks in compact stellar systems / editor, J. Craig Wheeler

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A collection of articles on accretion disks and disk instabilities, it includes discussions on accretion disks and the emerging spectra, magnetospheres, mass loss and the boundary layer, as well as accretion disks in close binary systems and bright X-ray binaries.

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Accretion (Astrophysics) Disks (Astrophysics) Stars--Clusters

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Title
Accretion disks in compact stellar systems / editor, J. Craig Wheeler
Subject
  • Accretion (Astrophysics)
  • Disks (Astrophysics)
  • Stars--Clusters
Publisher
  • World Scientific,
  • National Library Board Singapore,
Contributors
  • Wheeler, J. Craig
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill.
Table of Contents
  • the first decade. K. Home -- Atmospheres of accretion disks and the emerging spectra. G. Shaviv and R. Wehrse -- Disks and magnetospheres. A. R. King and J. P. Lasota -- Mass loss and the boundary layer. J. E. Drew and W. Kley -- The interaction between the stream and the accretion disk. M. Livio -- Tidal effects on accretion disks in close binary systems. Y. Osaki, M. Hirose, and S. Ichikawa -- Accretion disks in bright X-ray binaries. H. Inoue -- X-ray illumination models of soft X-ray transients. J. M. Hameury, A. R. King, and J. P. Lasota -- Black hole accretion disk instabilities. S. Mineshige and M. Kusunose.
Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.