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Compact Object Accretion

Compact Object Accretion is a high-energy astrophysical process in which matter gravitationally bound to a compact object—such as a black hole, neutron star, or white dwarf—loses angular momentum and spirals inward through an accretion disk, converting gravitational potential energy into electromagnetic radiation and particle acceleration.

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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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X-ray reflection from cold matter in Active Galactic Nuclei and X-ray binaries

I. M. George, A. C. Fabian · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1991 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Compton heated winds and coronae above accretion disks. I Dynamics

Mitchell C. Begelman, C. F. McKee, G. A. Shields · The Astrophysical Journal · 1983 · 480 citations

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A Model for Compact X-Ray Sources: Accretion by Rotating Magnetic Stars

Frederick K. Lamb, C. J. Pethick, David Pines · The Astrophysical Journal · 1973 · 477 citations

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The non-linear dependence of flux on black hole mass and accretion rate in core-dominated jets

Sebastian Heinz, R. Sunyaev · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2003 · 417 citations · Full text

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  1. AC
    A. C. Fabian

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 1.3K citations

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    I. El Mellah

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    6 publications · 231 citations

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    Mario Livio

    Space Telescope Science Institute, United States

    5 publications · 215 citations

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    C. Pinto

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 129 citations

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  5. MM
    Matthew Middleton

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 144 citations

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    16 h-index

    51 publications

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  2. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    2.5K citations

  3. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    819 citations

  4. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    12 h-index

    26 publications

    3K citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Germany

    12 h-index

    17 publications

    2.5K citations

  6. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. National Institute for Astrophysics

    Rome, Italy

    9 h-index

    31 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 64 publications · 5K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    37 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

    Repository · 7 publications · 115 citations

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  5. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 7 publications · 147 citations

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