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Accretion Disks

arXiv:astro-ph/0003144 · doi:10.1888/0333750888/2124

Abstract

In this lecture the basic theory of accretion disks is introduced, with emphasis on aspects relevant for X-ray binaries and Cataclysmic Variables.

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