Contributions

  • Frank, Juhan - Contributor
  • Meyer, Friedrich - Contributor
  • Meyer-Hofmeister, Emmi - Contributor
  • Tscharnuter, Werner M. - Contributor

Publication

1994 - Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, Netherlands

Language

English

Word Count

106,750 words, Guess

Page Count

427 pages

Physical Format

[electronic resource] :

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC523.01
  • LCCQB460-466

Alternate Titles

  • Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on `Theory of Accretion Disks - 2', Garching, Germany, March 22-26, 1993

Description

Accretion disks in astrophysics represent the characteristic flow by which compact bodies accrete mass from their environment. Their intrinsically high luminosity, and recent progress in observational accessibility at all wavelength bands, have led to rapidly growing awareness of their importance and made them the object of intense research on widely different scales, ranging from binary stars to young stellar objects and active galactic nuclei. This book contains the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Workshop on `Theory of Accretion Disks 2' for which some of the most active researchers in the different fields came together at the Max-Planck-Institut for Astrophysics in Garching in March, 1993. Its reviews and contributions give an up-to-date account of the present status of our understanding and provide a stimulating challenge in discussions of open questions in a rapidly developing field.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • NATO ASI Series, Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences -- 417

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