Accretion Disks In Compact Stellar Systems

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993

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Beskrivning

Accretion disks in compact stellar systems containing white dwarfs, neutron stars or black holes are the principal laboratory for understanding the role of accretion disks in a wide variety of environments from proto-stars to quasars. Recent work on disk instabilities and dynamics has given a new theoretical framework with which to study accretion disks. Modeling of time-dependent phenomena provides new insight into the causes and interpretation of photometric and spectroscopic variability and new constraints on the fundamental physical problem — the origin of viscosity in accretion disks. This book contains expert reviews on the nature of limit cycle thermal instabilities and a variety of closely related topics from the theory of angular momentum transport to eclipse mapping of the disk structure. The result is a comprehensive contemporary survey of the structure and evolution of accretion disks in compact binary systems.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1993-12-01
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Advanced Series In Astrophysics And Cosmology
Antal sidor:432
Förlag:World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
ISBN:9789810212735

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"... a useful source of information on the recent developments of accretion disks as well as a reference book. I would recommend this book to scientists who wish to enlarge their knowledge on the present state of art of the field. Of course, it should be present in any astronomical library." L Nobili Classical & Quantum Gravity

Innehållsförteckning

Disk instabilities in stellar accretion disks, J. Cannizzo and F. Meyer; angular momentum transport in low mass accretion disks, E.T. Vishniac; emission lines from accretion disks, E.L. Robinson; eclipse mapping of accretion disks, K. Horne; disk atmospheres, G. Shaviv; discs and magnetospheres, A. King; winds and boundary layers in accretion disks, J. Drew; the stream-disk interaction, M. Livio; non-axisymmetric structures of accretion disks in close binary systems, Y. Osaki; X-ray observations of accretion disks, H. Inoue; illumination models for soft X-ray transients, A. King; black hole accretion disk instabilities, S. Mineshige.