Accretion disks in compact stellar systems / editor, J. Craig Wheeler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wheeler, J. Craig.

Series:

Advanced series in astrophysics and cosmology ; v. 9.

Advanced series in astrophysics and cosmology ; vol. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Accretion (Astrophysics).

Disks (Astrophysics).

Stars--Clusters.

Stars.

Physical Description:

viii, 421 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, [1993]

Summary:

Accretion disks in compact stellar systems containing white dwarfs, neutron stars or black holes are the principal laboratory for understanding the role of accretion disks in a wide variety of environments from proto-stars to quasars. Recent work on disk instabilities and dynamics has given a new theoretical framework with which to study accretion disks. Modeling of time-dependent phenomena provides new insight into the causes and interpretation of photometric and spectroscopic variability and new constraints on the fundamental physical problem -- the origin of viscosity in accretion disks. This book contains expert reviews on the nature of limit cycle thermal instabilities and a variety of closely related topics from the theory of angular momentum transport to eclipse mapping of the disk structure. The result is a comprehensive contemporary survey of the structure and evolution of accretion disks in compact binary systems.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9810212739

OCLC:

29961426