Advection-Dominated Accretion around Black Holes

Abstract

This article reviews the physics of advection-dominated accretion flows (ADAFs) and describes applications to several black hole X-ray binaries and galactic nuclei. The possibility of using ADAFs to explore the event horizons of black holes is highlighted.

arXiv comment36 pages, incl. 17 Figures, uses cupconf.sty; to appear in "The Theory of Black Hole Accretion Discs", eds. M. A. Abramowicz, G. Bjornsson, and J. E. Pringle

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