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The Physics of Accretion onto Compact Objects

Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Tenerife, Spain, April, 21-25, 1986

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1986

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  1. K. O. Mason
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  2. M. G. Watson
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  3. N. E. White
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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 266)

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Table of contents (24 papers)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Indirect imaging of accretion disks in binaries

    • Keith Horne, T. R. Marsh
    Pages 1-13

  3. Spectrum and polarization of the continuum from accretion disks in active galaxies and quasars

    • Wayne Webb, Matthew Malkan
    Pages 15-27

  4. Accretion disks in low-mass X-ray binaries

    • Keith O. Mason
    Pages 29-57

  5. Theory and observations of time-dependent accretion disks

    • Frank Verbunt
    Pages 59-75

  6. On the long term activity of pop. I binary systems containing an X-ray pulsar

    • L. Stella, N. E. White, R. Rosner
    Pages 77-96

  7. X-ray properties of magnetic cataclysmic variable systems

    • M. G. Watson
    Pages 97-111

  8. Evolution of magnetic cataclysmic binaries

    • D. Q. Lamb, F. Melia
    Pages 113-136

  9. The evolution of magnetic cataclysmic variables

    • A. R. King
    Pages 137-155

  10. Quasi-periodic oscillations in low-mass X-ray binaries

    • M. van der Klis
    Pages 157-175

  11. Quasi-periodic oscillations

    • Walter H. G. Lewin
    Pages 177-193

  12. The X-ray variability of active galactic nuclei

    • R. S. Warwick
    Pages 195-209

  13. Variability in accreting black holes

    • A. C. Fabian
    Pages 229-241

  14. Rapid X-ray variability in radio-quiet AGN: A probe of the innermost regions of the active nucleus

    • P. Barr
    Pages 243-247

  15. Iron lines from galactic and extragalactic X-ray sources

    • Kazuo Makishima
    Pages 249-268

  16. Discrete spectra of accreting compact sources

    • T. R. Kallman
    Pages 269-286

  17. Radio emission from X-ray binaries and the proto-type jets of SS433

    • R. M. Hjellming, K. J. Johnston
    Pages 287-301

  18. X-ray observations of the jets in SS433

    • G. C. Stewart, M. G. Watson
    Pages 303-312

  19. Cygnus X-3

    • Lawrence A. Molnar
    Pages 313-330

  20. More surprises from NGC 4151

    • M. V. Penston
    Pages 331-338
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Physics of Accretion onto Compact Objects

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Tenerife, Spain, April, 21-25, 1986

  • Editors: K. O. Mason, M. G. Watson, N. E. White

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-17195-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1986

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-47358-9Published: 05 August 2005

  • Series ISSN: 0075-8450

  • Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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