ADAFs -- Models, Observations and Problems
Astrophysics
2009-10-30 v1
Abstract
We review some of the properties of Advection-Dominated Accretion Flow (ADAF) models and show that they successfully describe many astrophysical systems. Despite these successful applications some fundamental problems still remain to be solved, the most important one being the physics of the transition between an ADAF and a geometrically thin Keplerian disc.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9806064,
title = {ADAFs -- Models, Observations and Problems},
author = {Jean-Pierre Lasota},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9806064},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
To be published in Physics Reports, proceedings of the conference Astrophysical Fluids: From Atomic Nuclei to Stars and Galaxies; 10 pages, 3 figures