Accretion discs, jets and high energy phenomena in astrophysics: Les Houches Session LXXVIII, 29 July-23 August, 2002 [1 ed.]
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The accretion process is thought to play a key role in the Universe. This book explains, in a form intelligible to gradu
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 -