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Accretion Onto Compact Objects

Accretion Onto Compact Objects is a theoretical framework in astrophysics that describes the dynamical and radiative processes by which matter gravitationally bound to a compact object—such as a black hole, neutron star, or white dwarf—loses angular momentum and energy to spiral inward and accumulate onto the object’s surface or event horizon, distinguishing it from general accretion phenomena by the dominance of extreme gravitational fields, relativistic effects, and high-energy emission mechanisms.

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Gravitationally Collapsed Objects of Very Low Mass

S. W. Hawking · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1971 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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<i>Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars: The Physics of Compact Objects</i>

S. L. Shapiro, Saul A. Teukolsky, Alan P. Lightman · Physics Today · 1983 · 1.2K 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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Cracking of self-gravitating compact objects

L. Herrera · Physics Letters A · 1992 · 985 citations

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The Lense-Thirring Effect and Accretion Disks around Kerr Black Holes

J. Bardeen, J. A. Petterson · The Astrophysical Journal · 1975 · 912 citations · Full text

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    Cosimo Bambi

    Fudan University, China

    9 publications · 418 citations

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    Zdeněk Stuchlík

    Silesian University in Opava, Czechia

    8 publications · 477 citations

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  3. AE
    Avery E. Broderick

    Perimeter Institute, Canada

    7 publications · 954 citations

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    Ramesh Narayan

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

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    A. C. Fabian

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

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  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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  3. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

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    College Park, United States

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  5. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

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  6. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

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    26 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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    31 publications

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  8. Silesian University in Opava

    Opava, Czechia

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

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  4. Classical and Quantum Gravity

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  5. Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

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