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Accretion Disks

Astrophysics 2016-08-30 v1

Abstract

This is an introduction to accretion disk theory, with emphasis on aspects relevant for X-ray Binaries and Cataclysmic Variables. The text corrects some mistakes in an earlier version, which appeared in 'Lives of Neutron Stars', A. Alpar, \"U. Kizilo\u glu and J. van Paradijs (eds.), Kluwer, Dordrecht (NATO ASI series, 1994).

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9502098,
  title  = {Accretion Disks},
  author = {H. C. Spruit},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9502098},
  year   = {2016}
}

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23 pages, uuencoded compressed postscript (147kB)