Accretion disks -  What do we know about them?

dc.contributor.author	Prasanna, A. R
dc.date.accessioned	2005-02-09T04:03:45Z
dc.date.available	2005-02-09T04:03:45Z
dc.date.issued	1982-09
dc.identifier.citation	BASI, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 205-210	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/341
dc.description.abstract	This essay briefly describes the present status of research on accretion disks around compact objects - in particular, blackholes - covering both the thin and thick disks. Significant results from various analyses regarding the structure and stability of such disks are presented. It is pointed out that the magnetic field has a very important role to play in the disk structure as it contributes mainly to the turbulent viscosity which has a primary role in the dynamics of disks. Attention is drawn to the fact that a fully detailed analysis of accretion disks should take into account selfconsistent electromagnetic field, which could get enhanced because of spacetime curvature effects, in a fully general relativistic treatment.	en
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dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Astronomical Society of India	en
dc.subject	accretion disks	en
dc.title	Accretion disks - What do we know about them?	en
dc.type	Article	en