8.282J | Spring 2006 | Undergraduate

Introduction to Astronomy

Study Materials

shakurasunyaev.pdf

Description:

This file contains topics: a figure showing slice of a thin Keplerian accretion disk around a central black hole, conservation of mass, angular momentum, vertical pressure balance, conservation of energy, radiative transport, equation of state, opacities, gas pressure and radiation pressure.

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Lecture Notes
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shakurasunyaev.pdf

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Spring 2006
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