With the advent of space observatories and modern developments in ground based astronomy and concurrent progress in the theoretical understanding of these observations it has become clear that accretion of material on to compact objects is an ubiquitous mechanism powering very diverse astrophysical sources ranging in size and luminosity by many orders of magnitude. A problem common to these systems is that the material accreted must in general get rid of its angular momentum and this leads to the formation of an Accretion Disk which allows angular momentum re-distribution and converts potential energy into radiation with an efficiency which can be higher than the nuclear burning yield. These systems range in size from quasars and active galactic nuclei to accretion disks around forming stars and the early solar system and to compact binaries such as cataclysmic variables and low-mass X-ray binaries. Other objects that should be mentioned in this context are 88433, the black hole binary candidates, and possibly gamma-ray burst sources. Observations of these systems have provided important constraints for theoretical accretion disk models on widely differing scales, lumi nosities, mass-transfer rates and physical environments.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer
ISBN-13
9789401069588
eBay Product ID (ePID)
191072595
Product Key Features
Author
F. Meyer, Emmi Meyer-Hofmeister, Wolfgang J. Duschl, Juhan Frank
Publication Name
Theory of Accretion Disks
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Astronomy, Physics
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
492 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
290
Item Weight
753g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Nato Science Series C
Editor
Emmi Meyer-Hofmeister, Juhan Frank, F. Meyer, Wolfgang J. Duschl
Country/Region of Manufacture
Netherlands
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