Overview

This volume brings together contributions from many of the world's leading authorities on black hole accretion. The papers within represent part of a new movement to make use of the relative advantages of studying stellar mass and supermassive black holes, and to bring together the knowledge gained from the two approaches. The topics discussed include black hole observational and theoretical work-variability, spectroscopy, disk-jet connections, and multi-wavelength campaigns on black holes.

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Author:   Thomas J. Maccarone ,  Robert P. Fender ,  Luis C. Ho
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2005 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.658kg
ISBN:  

9781402040849

ISBN 10:   1402040849
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   10 January 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

R. FENDER, T. BELLONI and E. GALLO / A Unified Model for Black Hole X-Ray Binary Jets? S. HEINZ, A. MERLONI, T. DI MATTEO and R. SUNYAEV / On the Relationship Between the Jets from X-Ray Binaries and AGN A. CELOTTI / A Transition in the Accretion Properties of AGN L. MALZAC, A. MERLONI and A.C. FABIAN I Jet-Disc Coupling in the Accreting Black Hole XTE JI 118+480 A.P. MARSCHER/ Are 3C 120 and Other Active Galactic Nuclei Overweight Microquasars? A. MERLONI, S. HEINZ and T. DI MATTEO / A Fundamental Plane of Black Hole Activity: Pushing Forward the Unification Scheme D.L. MEIER / Magnetically Dominated Accretion Flows (MDAFS) and Jet Production in the Lowhard State J.C. LEE / Black Hole Systems Seen at High Spectral Resolution: Inflow and Outflow C.S. REYNOLDS, L.W. BRENNEMAN and D. GAROFALO / Black Hole Spin in AGN and GBHCs R.L.C. STARLING, M.J. PAGE, G. BRANDUARDI-RAYMONT, A.A. BREEVELD, R. SORIA and K. WU / The Seyfert-Liner Galaxy NGC7213: An XMM-Newton Observation K. BECKWITH and C. DONE / Observational Effects of Strong Gravity A.C. FABIAN / Broad Iron Lines in AGN and X-Ray Binaries J. HOMAN and T. BELLONI / The Evolution of Black Hole States S. VAUGHAN, A.C. FABIAN and K. IWASAWA / Rapid X-Ray Variability of Seyfert 1 Galaxies M.A. ABRAMOWICZ and W. KLUZNIAK / Epicyclic Frequencies Derived from the Effective Potential: Simple and Practical Formulae K.M. LEIGHLY / X-Ray Periodicity in AGN W. KLUZNIAK and M.A. ABRAMOWICZ / Resonant Oscillations of Accretion Flow and kHz QPOS M. VAN DER KLIS / Comparing Black Hole and Neutron Star Variability M. NOWAK / X-Ray and Radio Monitoring of GX 339-4 and CYG X-1 C. DONE and M. GIERLINSKI / Accretion in Strong Gravity: From Galactic to Supermassive Black Holes R. NARAYAN / Low-Luminosity Accretion in Black Hole X-Ray Binaries and Active Galactic Nuclei S. MARKOFF / Exploring the Jet/Accretion Flow Relationship in Low Disk Luminosity Sources S. MIGLIARI and R. FENDER / What Can We Learn from Neutron Star X-Ray Binaries' Jets? H. KOERDING and H. FALCKE / A Unifying Scheme for Low-Luminosity XRBs and AGN L.C. HO / 'Low-State' Black Hole Accretion in Nearby Galaxies J.M. MILLER / Present Evidence for Intermediate Mass Black Holes in ULXs and Future Prospects T.J. MACCARONE, R.P. FENDER and A.K. TZIOUMIS / Finding Faint Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in the Radio Band S.F. PORTEGIES ZWART, J. DEWI and T. MACCARONE / Formation and Evolution of Intermediate Mass Black Hole X-Ray Binaries F. AHARONIAN and A. NERONOV / TeV Gamma Rays from the Galactic Center Direct and Indirect Links to the Massive Black Hole in Sgr A J.M. PAREDES / AGNs and Microquasars as High-Energy gamma-Ray Sources S. CORBEL / Large Scale Jets in Microquasars C.R. KAISER, J.L. SOKOLOSKI, K.F. GUNN and C. BROCKSOPP /Is GRS 1915+105 a Microquasar?

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From the reviews: This book is a collection of chosen and commented articles on the subject of X-ray binaries, black hole systems and quasars. The authors first introduce a possible unified model for black hole X-ray binary jets. The discussion then continues with the relationship between these jets and the active galactic nuclei. ! contains a lot of good references to papers of the most renown authors on black hole accretion. ! is an inescapable reference for researchers working in experimental astrophysics. (Terence Delsate, Physicalia, Vol. 30 (2), 2008)

From the reviews: <p> This book is a collection of chosen and commented articles on the subject of X-ray binaries, black hole systems and quasars. The authors first introduce a possible unified model for black hole X-ray binary jets. The discussion then continues with the relationship between these jets and the active galactic nuclei. a ] contains a lot of good references to papers of the most renown authors on black hole accretion. a ] is an inescapable reference for researchers working in experimental astrophysics. (TA(c)rence Delsate, Physicalia, Vol. 30 (2), 2008)

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