Accretion Power in Astrophysics - 3rd Edition

Final Version, March 29 2001

a substantially revised and updated version of

All new figures and new versions of old figures can be found in this subdirectory Figs/.

The latest postscript versions of the following chapters can be accessed by clicking the links below:

The table of contents, prefaces and list of figures are here: acontents.ps, Final.

The first three chapters: Accretion as a Source of Energy, Gas Dynamics, and Plasma Concepts, lumped together in a single file, ch01-03.ps, Final.

Accretion in Binary Systems ch04.ps, Final.

Accretion Discs ch05.ps, Final.

Accretion on to a Compact Object ch06.ps, Final.

Active Galactic Nuclei:

ch07.ps, ch08.ps, and ch09.ps, Final

Thick Discs ch10.ps, Final.

Accretion Flows ch11.ps, Final.

Appendix: radiation processes Appendix, Final

Problems Problems, Final.

Bibliography and References Bibliography, Final

Index Index, Final

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