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Accretion Disk Spectra

Accretion Disk Spectra is a theoretical construct in astrophysics that characterizes the electromagnetic radiation emitted across various wavelengths due to viscous dissipation of gravitational energy in differentially rotating plasma surrounding a compact gravitational source.

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Accretion Discs in Astrophysics

J. E. Pringle · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 1981 · 2.2K citations

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Gravitationally redshifted emission implying an accretion disk and massive black hole in the active galaxy MCG–6–30–15

Yasuo Tanaka, K. Nandra, A. C. Fabian et al. · Nature · 1995 · 1K citations

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Intrinsic Near-Infrared Excesses of T Tauri Stars: Understanding the Classical T Tauri Star Locus

Michael R. Meyer, Nuria Calvet, Lynne A. Hillenbrand · The Astronomical Journal · 1997 · 937 citations

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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 · 890 citations

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Accretion Disk Winds from Active Galactic Nuclei

Norman Murray, J. Chiang, Scott A. Grossman et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 1995 · 869 citations

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  1. AC
    A. C. Fabian

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    43 publications · 4.9K citations

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  2. JM
    J. M. Mïller

    University of Michigan, United States

    37 publications · 3.2K citations

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  3. CS
    C. S. Reynolds

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    23 publications · 2.8K citations

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  4. KH
    K. Horne

    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    20 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. LH
    Lee Hartmann

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    20 publications · 1.8K citations

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    60 h-index

    240 publications

    27K citations

  2. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    47 h-index

    152 publications

    13.7K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    43 h-index

    111 publications

    10.4K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    42 h-index

    146 publications

    9.8K citations

  5. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    42 h-index

    81 publications

    10.3K citations

  6. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    37 h-index

    149 publications

    10.2K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    33 h-index

    82 publications

    6.5K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    31 h-index

    239 publications

    9.9K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 467 publications · 38.6K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    175 publications · 11.8K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    101 publications · 5.7K citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 25 publications · 2.3K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    21 publications · 1.8K citations

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