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1 Black Hole Accretion Discs |
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1 | (60) |
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1 | (2) |
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1.2 Disc-Driving Mechanism; Viscosity |
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3 | (2) |
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4 | (1) |
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1.3 Geometrically Thin Keplerian Discs |
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5 | (15) |
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1.3.1 Disc Vertical Structure |
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5 | (3) |
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1.3.2 Disc Radial Structure |
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8 | (3) |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (3) |
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1.3.5 Radiative Structure |
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15 | (3) |
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1.3.6 Shakura--Sunyaev Solution |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (13) |
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1.4.1 The Thermal Instability |
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20 | (1) |
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1.4.2 Thermal Equilibria: The S-Curve |
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21 | (3) |
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1.4.3 Irradiation and Black Hole X-Ray Transients |
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24 | (6) |
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1.4.4 Maximum Accretion Rate and Decay Timescale |
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30 | (1) |
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1.4.5 Comparison with Observations |
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31 | (2) |
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1.5 Black Holes and Advection of Energy |
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33 | (7) |
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1.5.1 Advection-Dominated-Accretion-Flow Toy Models |
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34 | (6) |
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1.6 Accretion Discs in Kerr Spacetime |
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40 | (10) |
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40 | (4) |
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1.6.2 Privileged Observers |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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45 | (5) |
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1.7 Accretion Flows in the Kerr Spacetime |
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50 | (2) |
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1.7.1 Kinematic Relations |
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50 | (1) |
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1.7.2 Description of Accreting Matter |
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51 | (1) |
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1.8 Slim-Disc Equations in Kerr Geometry |
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52 | (3) |
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1.8.1 Mass Conservation Equation |
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52 | (1) |
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1.8.2 Equation of Angular Momentum Conservation |
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53 | (1) |
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1.8.3 Equation of Momentum Conservation |
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53 | (1) |
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1.8.4 Equation of Energy Conservation |
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54 | (1) |
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1.8.5 Equation of Vertical Balance of Forces |
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55 | (1) |
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1.9 The Sonic Point and the Boundary Conditions |
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55 | (6) |
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1.9.1 The "No-Torque Condition" |
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55 | (4) |
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59 | (2) |
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2 Transient Black Hole Binaries |
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61 | (38) |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (15) |
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67 | (2) |
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2.2.2 Fast Time Variability |
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69 | (6) |
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2.2.3 Long-Term Time Evolution |
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75 | (3) |
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78 | (4) |
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78 | (2) |
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2.3.2 Accretion--Ejection |
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80 | (2) |
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82 | (3) |
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2.4.1 Accretion Disc Winds and Atmospheres |
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83 | (1) |
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2.4.2 Winds Launching Mechanism |
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84 | (1) |
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2.5 The Full Accretion--Ejection Picture |
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85 | (3) |
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88 | (11) |
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89 | (10) |
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3 Black Hole Spin: Theory and Observation |
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99 | (54) |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (8) |
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103 | (5) |
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3.3 Observational Tests of Spin I---the Energy Spectral Domain |
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108 | (30) |
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3.3.1 Modelling the Continuum (Disc) Spectrum |
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108 | (7) |
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3.3.2 Modelling the Reflection Spectrum |
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115 | (10) |
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125 | (6) |
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131 | (4) |
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3.3.5 Implications: Powering of Ballistic Jets |
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135 | (3) |
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3.3.6 Implications: Retrograde Spins? |
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138 | (1) |
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3.4 Observational Tests of Spin II---The Time Domain and Relativistic Precession Model |
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138 | (3) |
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3.5 Observational Tests of Spin III---The Energy--Time Domain |
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141 | (2) |
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3.6 Concluding Remarks and Future Approaches |
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143 | (10) |
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144 | (9) |
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4 Winds from Black Hole Accretion Flows: Formation and Their Interaction with ISM |
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153 | (16) |
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153 | (1) |
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4.2 Formation of Wind from a Hot Accretion Flow |
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154 | (10) |
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4.2.1 Brief History of Study of Wind from Hot Accretion Flows |
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155 | (2) |
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4.2.2 Main Properties of Winds |
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157 | (5) |
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4.2.3 Acceleration Mechanism of Wind and Disk Jet |
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162 | (1) |
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4.2.4 Why Do Winds Exist? |
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163 | (1) |
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4.3 Interaction of Winds with Interstellar Medium: The Formation of the Fermi Bubbles |
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164 | (2) |
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166 | (3) |
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167 | (2) |
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5 A Brief Review of Relativistic Gravitational Collapse |
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169 | (30) |
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169 | (2) |
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5.2 Einstein's Equations for the Collapsing Interior |
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171 | (5) |
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5.2.1 Co-moving Coordinates |
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171 | (2) |
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173 | (1) |
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5.2.3 Einstein's Equations |
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174 | (2) |
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5.3 Matching with an Exterior Metric |
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176 | (2) |
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5.4 Regularity, Scaling, and Energy Conditions |
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178 | (5) |
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5.4.1 Regularity and Scaling |
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178 | (4) |
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182 | (1) |
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5.4.3 Shell Crossing Singularities |
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183 | (1) |
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5.5 Trapped Surfaces and Singularities |
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183 | (3) |
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5.6 Homogeneous Solutions |
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186 | (2) |
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5.6.1 Apparent Horizon and Singularity |
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188 | (1) |
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5.7 Inhomogeneous Dust and Collapse with Pressures |
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188 | (5) |
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5.8 Collapse in Astrophysics |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (5) |
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196 | (3) |
Appendix A General Relativity in a Nutshell |
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