Accretion Disks
Abstract
By accretion one understands in astrophysics the accumulation of matter onto a heavy object, under the influence of its pull of gravity. The object can be, for example, a star, a black hole or a neutron star. Most of the objects of these types are quite isolated, without much gas around that could be pulled in by their gravity. Accordingly, the vast majority of stars do not show any evidence of...
- Publication:
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Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- November 2000
- DOI:
- 10.1888/0333750888/2124
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0003144
- Bibcode:
- 2000eaa..bookE2124S
- Keywords:
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- Theoretical Concepts and Tools;
- Theoretical Concepts;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Tutorial, to appear in: The neutron star black hole connection (NATO ASI ELOUNDA 1999), eds. C. Kouveliotou et al new version: typos and other corrections