Accretion discs, jets and high energy phenomena in astrophysics: Les Houches Session LXXVIII, 29 July-23 August, 2002 [1 ed.] 3540201718, 9783540201717, 2868837026

The accretion process is thought to play a key role in the Universe. This book explains, in a form intelligible to gradu

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Table of contents :
Front Matter....Pages -
Course 1: Accretion and Ejection-Related MHD....Pages 3-82
Course 2: 2D Transonic Hydrodynamics in General Relativity....Pages 85-136
Course 3: Physics Fundamentals of Luminous Accretion Disks around Black Holes....Pages 137-185
Course 4: Accretion-Ejection Models of Astrophysical Jets....Pages 187-230
Course 5: Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays....Pages 233-249
Course 6: Gamma-Ray Bursts....Pages 251-312
Course 7: Cosmic Rays and Particle Acceleration at Astrophysical Shocks....Pages 313-401
Course 8: The Black Hole Environments....Pages 405-460
Course 9: Accretion around Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 461-490
Course 10: High Energy Emission of AGN....Pages 491-517
Course 11: Accretion Signatures in Young Stellar Objects....Pages 521-548
Course 12: Evolution of YSO Disks....Pages 549-582
Course 13: X-Rays from YSOS: Desperately Seeking the Central Engine....Pages 583-598
Course 14: Pierre Auger Observatory: Status and Prospects....Pages 601-611
Course 15: Observations of the High Energy $\gamma$ -Ray Universe....Pages 613-622
Back Matter....Pages -

Accretion discs, jets and high energy phenomena in astrophysics: Les Houches Session LXXVIII, 29 July-23 August, 2002 [1 ed.]
3540201718, 9783540201717, 2868837026

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