Feeding compact objects
Subtitle: accretion on all scales : proceedings of the 290th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Beijing, China, August 20-24, 2012
By: edited by Chengmin Zhang, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Tomaso Belloni, INAF-Osservatorio Astonomico Di Brera, Italy, Mariano Méndez, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and Shuangnan Zhang, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Contributors: Zhang, Chengmin, editor of compilation; Belloni, T. (Tomaso), editor of compilation; Méndez, Mariano, editor of compilation; Zhang, Shuangnan, editor of compilation; International Astronomical Union
Series: IAU Symposium proceedings series; IAU symposium and colloquium proceedings series
Publisher: New York, USA; Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9781107033795
Subjects: Accretion (Astrophysics); Congresses; Compact objects (Astronomy)
Other titles: Accretion on all scales
Description: "This decade has seen a large number of high-energy space missions, which, alongside ground-based optical and radio telescopes, have enabled the detailed study of accreting compact objects. IAU S290 addresses the state-of-the-art research on accretion in astrophysical objects and systems ranging in scale from active galactic nuclei down to stellar black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs, by bringing together scientists from each of these fields. It focuses on understanding the common physics of slow and relativistic outflows in these objects and features reviews on modelling, observations and instrumentation. Specific topics covered in this volume include: the physics of accreting systems, the magnetic environment around compact objects, large scale properties of accretion, the accretion-ejection connection, jets and outflows, and instrumentation. The fundamentals of accretion and its applications are reviewed in several of the papers, making this a useful reference guide for researchers and graduate students in astrophysics"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Black holes and accretion jets --; title: Neutron stars and white dwarfs --; title: Instrumentation --; title: Posters.