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Title

Accretion disks : new aspects : proceedings of the EARA workshop held in Garching, Germany, 21-23 October 1996 / Emmi Meyer-Hofmeister, Henk Spruit (eds.).

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer, 1997.

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Additional Authors

• Meyer-Hofmeister, E. (Emmi), 1933-
• Spruit, Henk, 1948-
• European Association for Research in Astronomy.

Description

xiii, 355 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Lecture notes in physics, 0075-8450 ; 487

Uniform Title

Lecture notes in physics ; 487.

Subjects

• Disks (Astrophysics) > Congresses
• Accretion (Astrophysics) > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• X-ray spectrum of low-mass X-ray binaries / Y. Tanaka -- Black holes in X-ray binaries / J. van Paradijs -- GX 339-4: Hard X-ray observations; possible mechanism for transient outbursts / S. Trudolyubov, M. Gilfanov and E. Churazov [et al.] -- Spectral and temporal variations of the X-ray emission from black hole and neutron star binaries / M. Gilfanov, E. Churazov and R. Sunyaev -- X-ray spectrum of a disk illuminated by ions / H. C. Spruit -- Anisotropic illumination of accretion disc in Seyfert I galaxies / P. O. Petru and G. Henri -- Disc instabilities and binary evolution / A. R. King -- Dwarf nova outbursts: a unification theory / Y. Osaki -- Radiation transfer in disks of CVs / W. Hummel, K. Horne and T. Marsh [et al.] -- Modelling magnetised accretion discs / A. Brandenburg and C. Campbell -- Causal viscosity in accretion disc boundary layers / W. Kley and J. C. B. Papaloizou --
• The nonlinear evolution of a single mode of the magnetic shearing instability / U. Torkelsson, G. I. Ogilvie and A. Brandenburg [et al.] -- The stability of magnetically threaded accretion disks / R. Stehle -- The Equilibrium and stability of a thin accretion disc containing a poloidal magnetic field / G. I. Ogilvie -- Magneto-viscous accretion discs / C. G. Campbell -- Precessing warped discs in close binary systems / J. C. B. Papaloizou, J. D. Larwood and R. P. Nelson [et al.] -- Super-Eddington luminosity in the bursting pulsar GRO J1744-28. GRANAT/WATCH results / S. Y. Sazonov, R. A. Sunyaev and N. Lund -- On viscous disc flows around rotating black holes / J. Peitz and S. Appl -- Comparison of different models for the UV-X emission of AGN / S. Collin-Souffrin and A.-M. Dumont -- Broad X-ray emission lines from accretion disks / A. C. Fabian -- An advection-dominated flow in the nucleus of M87 / T. Di Matteo, C. S. Reynolds and A. C. Fabian [et al.] --
• ROSAT observations of warm absorbers in AGN / S. Komossa and H. Fink -- Can soft X-ray spectra of AGN be taken as emission from accretion disks? / R. Staubert, T. Dorrer and P. Friedrich [et al.] -- The Galactic Center - a laboratory for AGN / W. J. Duschl -- A bright X-ray source inside a molecular cloud / R. Sunyaev and E. Churazov -- Radiative and advective accretion disks around black holes / M. A. Abramowicz -- Observational progress on accretion disks: a turning point / M.-H. Ulrich -- Magnetic fields and precession in accretion disks / F. Meyer.

ISBN

3540628665 (alk. paper)

LCCN

97017624

OCLC

ocm37011237

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries