H. C. Spruit
Published 2010-05-28Version 1
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.
Comments: 49p. To appear in XXI Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, ed. T. Shahbaz, CUP (significantly improved, expanded and updated version of an earlier text)
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