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- Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- Includes a broad introduction to accretion and outflow in astrophysical systems
- Features a detailed description of Monte Carlo radiative transfer methods
- Covers both theoretical and observational approaches to understanding accreting systems
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This thesis describes the application of a Monte Carlo radiative transfer code to accretion disc winds in two types of systems spanning 9 orders of magnitude in mass and size. In both cases, the results provide important new insights. On small scales, the presence of disc winds in accreting white dwarf binary systems has long been inferred from the presence of ultraviolet absorption lines. Here, the thesis shows that the same winds can also produce optical emission lines and a recombination continuum. On large scales, the thesis constructs a simple model of disc winds in quasars that is capable of explaining both the observed absorption and emission signatures – a crucial advance that supports a disc-wind based unification scenario for quasars. Lastly, the thesis also includes a theoretical investigation into the equivalent width distribution of the emission lines in quasars, which reveals a major challenge to all unification scenarios.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
James Matthews
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Disc Winds Matter
Book Subtitle: Modelling Accretion and Outflows on All Scales
Authors: James Matthews
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59183-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59182-7Published: 09 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86563-8Published: 04 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59183-4Published: 01 August 2017
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVIII, 210
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 63 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation