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Accretion disks in compact stellar systems

Title
Accretion disks in compact stellar systems / editor, J. Craig Wheeler.
Publication
Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, [1993], ©1993.

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Additional Authors
Wheeler, J. Craig.
Description
viii, 421 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Advanced series in astrophysics and cosmology ; vol. 9
Uniform Title
Advanced series in astrophysics and cosmology ; v. 9.
Subject
  • Accretion (Astrophysics)
  • Disks (Astrophysics)
  • Stars > Clusters
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction to Accretion Disk Research / J. Wood -- The Limit Cycle Instability in Dwarf Nova Accretion Disks / J. K. Cannizzo -- Angular Momentum Transport in Low Mass Accretion Disks / E. T. Vishniac and P. H. Diamond -- The Emission Lines from Accretion Disks in Cataclysmic Variable Stars / E. L. Robinson, T. R. Marsh and J. L. Smak -- Eclipse Mapping of Accretion Disks: The First Decade / K. Horne -- Atmospheres of Accretion Disks and the Emerging Spectra / G. Shaviv and R. Wehrse -- Disks and Magnetospheres / A. R. King and J. P. Lasola -- 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.
ISBN
9810212739
OCLC
ocm29961426
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries