Accretion Disks In Compact Stellar Systems

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: J Craig Wheeler (Editore), J. Craig Wheeler (Editore)
• Editore: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.1993
• EAN: 9789810212735
• ISBN: 978-981-02-1273-5
• Pagine: 432
• Serie: Lecture Notes in Physics; Advanced Astrophysics and Cosm; Advanced Series In Astrophysics And Cosmology
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Meccanica, acustica