This authoritative volume is the first to present a comprehensive and up-to-date review of our new understanding of accretion disks around black holes. Interest in black hole accretion disks has undergone a renaissance in recent years because of developments in three complementary areas: theoretical modeling of relativistic plasmas, numerical simulations with supercomputers, and observational tests now possible using new observatories such as the Japanese X-ray satellite, ASCAR. This volume presents review papers on all these topics from leading world authorities who gathered at an international conference in Reykjavik, Iceland. The authors are M. Abramowicz, P. Artymowicz, A. Brandenburg, G. Bjornsson, P. Charles, A. Fabian, J. Krolik, J.-P. Lasota, G. Madejski, R. Narayan, I. Novikov, J. Papaloizou, J. Poutanen, J. Pringle, M. Rees, E. Spiegel, R. Svensson, P. Witta. This timely volume provides an up-to-date review of the theory of black hole accretion disks for graduate students and researchers in astrophysics and theoretical physics.
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This authoritative volume is the first to present a comprehensive and up-to-date review of our new understanding of accretion disks around black holes. It will be of key interest to graduate students and researchers in astrophysics and theoretical physics. Interest in black hole accretion disks has undergone a renaissance in recent years because of developments in the theoretical modelling of relativistic plasmas, numerical simulations with supercomputers, and observational tests now possible using new observatories such as the Japanese X-ray satellite, ASCAR. This volume presents review papers on all these topics from leading world authorities who gathered at an international conference in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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From just one object (Cyg X-1) 25 years ago, the number of strong black-hole candidates in the Galaxy has increased dramatically in the last decade. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vertical field condition, toroidal extent, disc turbulence, disc inner edge, luminosity modulation, transition radius rtr, accretion disc models, broad iron line, soft seed photons, ellipsoidal modulation, rms variability, contracting shell, vertical epicyclic frequency, cold disc, slim discs, anisotropy break, thin disk model, disc inclination, radial epicyclic frequency, advective cooling, marginally stable orbit, sonic radius, thin accretion disc, keplerian shear, black hole accretion discs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Astrophysical Journal, Axel Brandenburg, Monthly Notices Roy, Nova Muscae, New York, Conference Proceedings, Fluid Mech, Pawel Artymowicz, New Astron, Royal Ast, Compton Symposium, Relativistic Astrophysics, Hot Cosmic Plasmas, Introduction Accretion, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Stockholm Observatory New!
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From just one object (Cyg X-1) 25 years ago, the number of strong black-hole candidates in the Galaxy has increased dramatically in the last decade. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vertical field condition, toroidal extent, disc turbulence, disc inner edge, luminosity modulation, transition radius rtr, accretion disc models, broad iron line, soft seed photons, ellipsoidal modulation, rms variability, contracting shell, vertical epicyclic frequency, cold disc, slim discs, anisotropy break, thin disk model, disc inclination, radial epicyclic frequency, advective cooling, marginally stable orbit, sonic radius, thin accretion disc, keplerian shear, black hole accretion discs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Relativistic Astrophysics, 2: The Structure and Evolution of the Universe by Ya. B. Zel'dovich on 5 pages
- X-ray Binaries (Cambridge Astrophysics) by Walter H. G. Lewin on 4 pages
- Proceedings of the Fourth Compton Symposium (2 Parts) (AIP Conference Proceedings) (Pts.1 & 2 Pts. 1 & 2) by Dermer on page 39, and page 40
- Compact Stars in Binaries (International Astronomical Union Symposia) by Jan van Paradijs on page 19, and page 195
- Black Holes / J. Hillis Miller; or, Boustrophedonic Reading (Cultural Memory in the Present) by J. Miller on page 60, and page 217
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- Interstellar Turbulence (Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics) by Jose Franco in Front Matter, and page 283
- Cosmochemistry: The Melting Pot of the Elements (Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics) by C. Esteban in Front Matter
- The Formation of Galactic Bulges (Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics) by C. Marcella Carollo in Front Matter
- Stellar Astrophysics (Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Volume 254) by K.S. Cheng on page 7
- Current Topics in Astrofundamental Physics: The Cosmic Microwave Background (NATO Science Series C: (closed)) by Norma G. Sānchez on page 624
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