Accretion Processes in Astrophysics
ISBN: 9781107030190 | 1107030196
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 7/31/2013
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This volume presents a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the major topics associated with accretion processes in astrophysics. Written by a team of eight experienced scientists, the text is designed to offer young researchers key analytical tools for supporting and carrying out the next generation of front-line research.
It has been more than fifty years since the first significant paper on accretion flows was written. In recent years, X-ray satellites capable of identifying accretion disks and radiation... MORE
It has been more than fifty years since the first significant paper on accretion flows was written. In recent years, X-ray satellites capable of identifying accretion disks and radiation... MORE
| List of contributors | |
| List of participants | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Abbreviations | |
| Accretion disks | |
| The evolution of binary systems | |
| Accretion onto white dwarfs | |
| Accretion in X-ray binary systems | |
| X-ray binary populations in galaxies | |
| Observational characteristics of accretion onto ... MORE | |
| Observational characteristics of accretion onto black holes II | |
| Computing black hole accretion | |
| Appendix: Piazzi Smyth, the Cape of Good Hope, Tenerife and the siting of large telescopes | |
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