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X-Ray Binaries
Accretion in X-Ray Binaries
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    • Preamble
    • Introduction
    • History: What are X-ray Binaries?
    • Accretion in X-Ray Binaries
    • Accretion onto Magnetized Neutron Stars
    • Low-Mass X-ray Binaries
    • Black Hole Binaries
    • XRB Evolution
PDF of this chapter: xrbchap4.pdf (2.9 MB)
Introduction
Introduction, Literature
Accretion Luminosity
Eddington luminosity, Emitted spectrum
Accretion Disks
Roche Geometry, Roche Lobe Overflow, Thin Disks, Thin Disks: Vertical Structure and Mass Conservation, Thin Disks: Angular Momentum Transport, Thin Disks: Temperature Profile, Thin Disks: Emitted Spectrum, Viscosity
Thin Disks: Comparison with observations
Galactic Black Holes
Wind Accretion
Wind Accretion, Bondi-Hoyle Accretion, Wind accretion, Accretion in HMXB
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