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catalog contributor b3666325.
catalog contributor b3666326.
catalog contributor b3666327.
catalog created "1992.".
catalog date "1992".
catalog date "1992.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
catalog description "1. Accretion as a source of energy -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Eddington limit -- 1.3. emitted spectrum -- 1.4. Accretion theory and observation -- 2. Gas dynamics -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. equations of gas dynamics -- 2.3. Steady adiabatic flows; isothermal flows -- 2.4. Sound waves -- 2.5. Steady, spherically symmetric accretion -- 3. Plasma concepts -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Charge neutrality, plasma oscillations and the Debye length -- 3.3. Collisions -- 3.4. Thermal plasmas: relaxation times and mean free path -- 3.5. stopping of fast particles by a plasma -- 3.6. Transport phenomena: viscosity -- 3.7. effect of strong magnetic fields -- 3.8. Shock waves in plasmas -- 4. Accretion in binary systems -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Interacting binary systems -- 4.3. Roche lobe overflow -- 4.4. Roche geometry and binary evolution -- 4.5. Disc formation -- 4.6.".
catalog description "Active galactic nuclei -- 7.1. Observations.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-287) and indexes.".
catalog description "Viscous torques -- 4.7. magnitude of viscosity -- 4.8. Accretion in close binaries: other possibilities -- 5. Accretion discs -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Radial disc structure -- 5.3. Steady thin discs -- 5.4. local structure of thin discs -- 5.5. emitted spectrum -- 5.6. structure of steady [alpha]-discs ('the standard model') -- 5.7. Steady discs: confrontation with observation -- 5.8. Time dependence and stability -- 5.9. Tides, resonances and superhumps -- 5.10. Discs around young stars -- 5.11. Spiral shocks -- 6. Accretion on to a compact object -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Boundary layers -- 6.3. Accretion on to magnetized neutron stars and white dwarfs -- 6.4. Accretion columns: the white dwarf case -- 6.5. Accretion column structure for neutron stars -- 6.6. X-ray bursters -- 6.7. Black holes -- 6.8. Accreting binary systems with compact components -- 7.".
catalog extent "xvi, 294 p. :".
catalog identifier "0521403065".
catalog identifier "0521408636 (pbk.)".
catalog isPartOf "Cambridge astrophysics series ; 21".
catalog issued "1992".
catalog issued "1992.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press,".
catalog subject "523.8/41 20".
catalog subject "Accretion (Astrophysics)".
catalog subject "QB466.A25 F73 1992".
catalog tableOfContents "1. Accretion as a source of energy -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Eddington limit -- 1.3. emitted spectrum -- 1.4. Accretion theory and observation -- 2. Gas dynamics -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. equations of gas dynamics -- 2.3. Steady adiabatic flows; isothermal flows -- 2.4. Sound waves -- 2.5. Steady, spherically symmetric accretion -- 3. Plasma concepts -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Charge neutrality, plasma oscillations and the Debye length -- 3.3. Collisions -- 3.4. Thermal plasmas: relaxation times and mean free path -- 3.5. stopping of fast particles by a plasma -- 3.6. Transport phenomena: viscosity -- 3.7. effect of strong magnetic fields -- 3.8. Shock waves in plasmas -- 4. Accretion in binary systems -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Interacting binary systems -- 4.3. Roche lobe overflow -- 4.4. Roche geometry and binary evolution -- 4.5. Disc formation -- 4.6.".
catalog tableOfContents "Active galactic nuclei -- 7.1. Observations.".
catalog tableOfContents "Viscous torques -- 4.7. magnitude of viscosity -- 4.8. Accretion in close binaries: other possibilities -- 5. Accretion discs -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Radial disc structure -- 5.3. Steady thin discs -- 5.4. local structure of thin discs -- 5.5. emitted spectrum -- 5.6. structure of steady [alpha]-discs ('the standard model') -- 5.7. Steady discs: confrontation with observation -- 5.8. Time dependence and stability -- 5.9. Tides, resonances and superhumps -- 5.10. Discs around young stars -- 5.11. Spiral shocks -- 6. Accretion on to a compact object -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Boundary layers -- 6.3. Accretion on to magnetized neutron stars and white dwarfs -- 6.4. Accretion columns: the white dwarf case -- 6.5. Accretion column structure for neutron stars -- 6.6. X-ray bursters -- 6.7. Black holes -- 6.8. Accreting binary systems with compact components -- 7.".
catalog title "Accretion power in astrophysics / Juhan Frank, Andrew King, and Derek Raine.".
catalog type "Materialeinfang. swd".
catalog type "text".