Black hole accretion

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5706, 2005, Pages 77-80

  Narayan, Ramesh ^a   Quataert, Eliot ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS DYNAMICS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; RADIATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

ACCRETION FLOW; BLACK HOLES; HOT GAS; THERMAL ENERGY;

ASTRONOMY;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ACCELERATION; ASTRONOMY; BLACK HOLE; ENERGY; GAS; GAS FLOW; GRAVITY; LUMINANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE; THEORY;

EID: 11844279058     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1105746     Document Type: Review

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