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Accretion discs, jets and high energy phenomena in astrophysics: Les Houches Session LXXVIII, 29 July-23 August, 2002

By Jean Heyvaerts (auth.) , Vassily Beskin , Gilles Henri , François Menard , Guy Pelletier , Jean Dalibard (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2003
ISBN
3540201718, 9783540201717
DOI
10.1007/b80353
ISSN
0924-8099
LCC
QB466.A25 E25 2002
Open Library ID
OL3357275M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10257441 bytes)
Series
Les Houches-École d’Été de Physique Theorique 78
Edition
1
Pages
628\637
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00
Astrophysics;Astronomy;Relativity and Cosmology;ElPlasma Physics

Description

The accretion process is thought to play a key role in the Universe. This book explains, in a form intelligible to graduate students, its relation to the formation of new stars, to the energy release in compact objects and to the formation of black holes. The monograph describes how accretion processes are related to the presence of jets in stellar objects and active galactic nuclei and to jet formation. The authors treat theoretical work as well as current observational facts. This volume of the highly esteemed Les Houches series is meant as an advanced text that can serve to attract students to exciting new research work in astrophysics.

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