Thin discs, thick discs and transition zones
Astrophysics
2015-06-24 v1
Abstract
Accretion onto a compact object must occur through a disc when the material has some initial angular momentum. Thin discs and the thicker low radiative efficiency accretion flows are solutions to this problem that have been widely studied and applied. This is an introduction to these accretion flows within the context of X-ray binaries and cataclysmic variables.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0206218,
title = {Thin discs, thick discs and transition zones},
author = {Guillaume Dubus},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0206218},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
27 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the Aussois summer school "Stades Ultimes de l'Evolution Stellaire", EAS pub. series