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Title

Theory of accretion disks--2 / edited by Wolfgang J. Duschl [and others].

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

• Duschl, W. J. (Wolfgang J.), 1958-
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.
• NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Theory of Accretion Disks (2nd : 1993 : Garching bei München, Germany)

Description

xii, 427 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

NATO ASI series. Series C, Mathematical and physical sciences ; vol. 417

Uniform Title

NATO ASI series. Series C, Mathematical and physical sciences ; no. 417.

Alternative Title

Theory of accretion disks--two.

Subjects

• Accretion (Astrophysics) > Congresses
• Astrophysics > Congresses

Note

• "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."
• "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Theory of Accretion Disks--2, Garching, Germany, March 22-26, 1993"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Protoplanetary disks / S. V. W. Beckwith -- Magnetospheric accretion and winds from pre-main sequence disks / L. Hartmann -- Forbidden line diagnostics of disk winds in YSOs / R. E. Pudritz and R. Ouyed -- Magnetized accretion disks and the origin of bipolar flows / A. Konigl -- Wind magnetospheres of protostellar accretion disks / Ch. Fendt and M. Camenzind -- Accretion disks in cataclysmic variable stars: Recent observational developments / K. Horne -- Disk instability model for SU UMa stars: SU UMa/WZ Sge connection / Y. Osaki -- Eccentric disk instabilities and their relation to superhump binaries / S. H. Lubow -- On the sequencing of long and short outbursts in dwarf novae / J. Cannizzo -- Dynamics of dwarf novae accretion discs / R. Whitehurst -- The viscous evolution of elliptical accretion disks / D. Syer and C. Clarke -- Probing the kinematics of disk winds / F. V. Hessman and J. Eisloffel.
• Coronal winds producing the tilted and twisted shape of the accretion disk in Her X-1 / S. Horn and F. Meyer -- Recurrence time for dwarf nova outbursts: Dependence on mass transfer rate / S. Ichikawa and Y. Osaki -- Circulation, pulsation and convection in accretion disks / W. Kley -- Instability in a braking disk: Her X-1 in complete-off state / F. Meyer and E. Meyer-Hofmeister -- Temperature profiles of accretion disks in X-ray binaries / S. Mineshige, F. Honma, A. Hirano, S. Kitamoto, T. Yamada and J. Fukue -- An empirical approach to accretion disks in AGN / S. Collin-Souffrin -- Periodic X-ray variability of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 6814 / M. A. Abramowicz, G. Bao, V. Karas and A. Lanza -- Atmospheres and thermal continua of AGN disks / G. A. Shields and H. H. Coleman -- Star-disk interaction in quasars and AGNs / D. N. C. Lin, P. Artymowicz and J. Wampler.
• How to transport angular momentum in the inner [actual symbol not reproducible] 150 pc of galaxies / W. J. Duschl, S. von Linden and P. L. Biermann -- The energy budget in the irradiation model of quasars / M.-H. D. Ulrich -- X-ray illumination of AGN disks / H. Netzer -- Pulsational instability of relativistic accretion disks and the periodic X-ray time variability of NGC 6814 / F. Honma, R. Matsumoto and Kato -- Large-scale dynamics of molecular clouds in the interstellar medium of disk galaxies / S. von Linden, H. Lesch and F. Combes -- A self-consistent accretion disk-coronal model for the active galactic nuclei / K. Nakamura and Y. Osaki -- Simulations with smoothed particles confirm stationary shocks in accretion flows onto Black Holes / D. Molteni and S. Chakrabarti -- A single variability model for NGC 6814 and NGC 5548 / F. Wallinder -- Accretion disk boundary layers / R. Narayan and R. Popham.
• Measuring the radial extent of the disk-star boundary layer in T Tauri stars / W. J. Duschl, W. M. Tscharnuter, C. Bertout and J. Bouvier -- Magnetic interaction between accretion disks and supermassive Black Holes in AGN / M. Camenzind -- On the dynamics of warped accretion disks / J. C. B. Papaloizou and D. N. C. Lin -- Slim accretion disks / J. P. Lasota -- A two dimensional steady state configuration of a thick accretion disk / E. Szuszkiewicz and J. Papaloizou -- Recent work on angular momentum transport in accretion discs / J. E. Pringle -- Tidal excitation of spiral waves in accretion discs / G. J. Savonije, J. C. B. Papaloizou and D. N. C. Lin -- Magnetic disks / A. R. King and G. A. Wynn -- A magnetic turbulence model in disks / S. Kato -- Electron-positron pairs in accretion disks / M. Kusunose and S. Mineshige -- Intriguing morphologies, jets and disks in planetary nebulae / M. Livio.

ISBN

0792326091 (alk. paper)

LCCN

93023735

OCLC

ocm29319721

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries