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Self-consistent models of accretion disks
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Narayan, Ramesh |
| Copyright Year | 1997 |
| Description | The investigations of advection-dominated accretion flows (ADAFs), with emphasis on applications to X-ray binaries containing black holes and neutron stars is presented. This work is now being recognized as the standard paradigm for understanding the various spectral states of black hole X-ray Binaries (BHXBs). Topics discussed include: (1) Problem in BHXBS, namely that several of these binaries have unusually large concentrations of lithium in their companion stars; (2) A novel test to show that black holes have event horizons; (3) Application of the ADAF model to the puzzling X-ray delay in the recent outburst of the BHXB, GRO J1655-40; (4) Description of the various spectral states in BHXBS; (5) Application of the ADAF model to the famous supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy, Sgr A(*); (6) Writing down and solving equations describing steady-state, optically thin, advection-dominated accretion onto a Kerr black hole; (7) The effect of "photon bubble" instability on radiation dominated accretion disks; and (8) Dwarf nova disks in quiescence that have rather low magnetic Reynolds number, of order 10(exp 3). |
| File Size | 301504 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19980008365 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2s51m13x |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1997-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrophysics Neutron Stars Stellar Mass Accretion Galaxies X Ray Binaries Astronomical Models Lithium Event Horizon Companion Stars X Ray Astronomy Cosmic X Rays Accretion Disks Black Holes Astronomy Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |