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Accretion disks

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2010-05-31 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

In this lecture the basic theory of accretion disks is reviewed, with emphasis on aspects relevant for X-ray binaries and Cataclysmic Variables. The text gives a general introduction as well as a selective discussion of a number of more recent topics.

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@article{arxiv.1005.5279,
  title  = {Accretion disks},
  author = {H. C. Spruit},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.5279},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

49p. To appear in XXI Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, ed. T. Shahbaz, CUP (significantly improved, expanded and updated version of an earlier text)

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