Foundations of Black Hole Accretion Disk Theory

This review covers the main aspects of black hole accretion disk theory. We begin with the view that one of the main goals of the theory is to better understand the nature of black holes themselves. In this light we discuss how accretion disks might reveal some of the unique signatures of strong gra...

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Main Authors: Marek A. Abramowicz, P. Chris Fragile
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2013-01-01
Series:Living Reviews in Relativity
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Online Access:http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-1