Accretion: A Collection of Influential Papers (Advanced Series in Astrophysics and Cosmology Vol 5)

The book collects 29 papers which have been particularly influential in the development of accretion theory. As an introductory paper a recent review on the subject is reported. An extensive list of references closes the volume. Ch. 1. Introductory paper. 1. Basic elements of the theory of accretion / A. Treves, L. Maraschi and M. Abramowicz -- ch. 2. The seminal papers. 2. The effect of interstellar matter on climatic variation / F. Hoyle and R.A. Lyttleton -- 3. On spherically symmetrical accretion / H. Bondi -- 4. Accretion of interstellar matter by massive objects / E. Salpeter -- 5. The fate of a star and the evolution of gravitational energy upon accretion / Ya. B. Zel'dovich -- 6. Binary stars among cataclysmic variables - I.U Geminorum stars (dwarf novae) / R.P. Kraft -- 7. On the nature of the source of X-ray emission of Sco XR-1 / I.S. Shklovsky -- 8. On the nature of some galactic X-ray sources / K.H. Prendergast and G.R. Burbidge -- 9. X-ray emission accompanying the accretion of gas by a neutron star / Ya. B. Zel'dovich and N.I. Shakura -- 10. Galactic nuclei as collapsed old quasars / D. Lynden-Bell -- 11. An accretion model for the outbursts of U Geminorum stars / Y. Osaki -- ch. 3. The standard accretion theory. 12. Halos around black holes / V.F. Shvartsman -- 13. Accretion disc models for compact X-ray sources / J.E. Pringle and M.J. Rees -- 14. Black holes in binary systems. Observational appearance / N.I. Shakura and R.A. Sunyaev -- 15. X-ray emission from a neutron star accreting material / M.L. Alme and J.R. Wilson -- 16. A model for compact X-ray sources: accretion by rotating magnetic stars / F.K. Lamb, C.J. Pethick and D. Pines -- 17. Accretion onto massive black holes / J.E. Pringle, M.J. Rees and A.G. Pacholczyk -- 18. Accretion onto neutron stars under adiabatic shock conditions / S.L. Shapiro and E.E. Salpeter -- 19. Black holes in binary systems: instabilities of disk accretion / A.P. Lightman and D.M. Eardley -- 20. Radiation from spherical accretion onto black holes / P. Mészáros -- 21. X-ray emission from accretion onto white dwarfs / A.C. Fabian, J.E. Pringle and M.J. Rees -- 22. The evolution of viscous discs - II. Viscous variations / G.T. Bath and J.E. Pringle -- ch. 4. Some further developments. 23. The effect of radiation pressure on accretion disks around black holes / L. Maraschi, C. Reina and A. Treves -- 24. Thick accretion disks with super-Eddington luminosities / M.A. Abramowicz, M. Calvani and L. Nobili -- 25. Thick accretion disks and supercritical luminosities / B. Paczyńsky and P.J. Wiita -- 26. A two-temperature accretion disk model for Cygnus X-1: structure and spectrum / S.L. Shapiro, A.P. Lightman and D.M. Eardley -- 27. Ion-supported tori and the origin of radio jets / M.J. Rees [und weitere] -- 28. Shocks in spherically accreting black holes: a model for classical quasars / P. Mészáros and J.P. Ostriker -- 29. Accretion by rotating magnetic neutron stars - III. Accretion torques and period changes in pulsating X-ray sources / P. Ghosh and F.K. Lamb