2010/05/28 by H. C. Spruit, Spruit, H. C.
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) #Tribology and Lubrication Engineering
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1005.5279
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In this lecture the basic theory of accretion disks is reviewed, with emphasis on aspects relevant for X-ray binaries and Cataclysmic Variables. The text gives a general introduction as well as a selective discussion of a number of more recent topics.