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A. P. Lightman

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33

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24

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1974

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Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian(Current)

A. P. Lightman is an author at Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian specializing in engineering, physics, and radiative transfer.

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1974–1985

33

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33

A two-temperature accretion disk model for Cygnus X-1 - Structure and spectrum

Stuart L. Shapiro, A. P. Lightman, Douglas M. Eardley · The Astrophysical Journal · 1976 · 816 citations

The distribution and consumption rate of stars around a massive, collapsed object

A. P. Lightman, Stuart L. Shapiro · The Astrophysical Journal · 1977 · 337 citations

Magnetic viscosity in relativistic accretion disks

Douglas M. Eardley, A. P. Lightman · The Astrophysical Journal · 1975 · 133 citations

Black holes in X-ray binaries - Marginal existence and rotation reversals of accretion disks

S. L. Shapiro, A. P. Lightman · The Astrophysical Journal · 1976 · 130 citations

Relativistic thermal plasmas - Pair processes and equilibria

A. P. Lightman · The Astrophysical Journal · 1982 · 123 citations

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