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Disk Accretion Processes

Disk Accretion Processes is a theoretical framework in astrophysics that describes the mechanisms by which matter gradually spirals inward through a circumstellar disk toward a central protostellar object due to angular momentum transport and viscous dissipation.

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Magnetocentrifugally driven flows from young stars and disks. 1: A generalized model

Frank H. Shu, Joan Najita, Eve C. Ostriker et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 1994 · 1.3K citations

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Layered Accretion in T Tauri Disks

Charles F. Gammie · The Astrophysical Journal · 1996 · 1.2K citations

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Disk-Accretion onto a Black Hole. II. Evolution of the Hole

Kip S. Thorne · The Astrophysical Journal · 1974 · 1.2K 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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THE FU ORIONIS PHENOMENON

Lee Hartmann, Scott J. Kenyon · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 1996 · 838 citations

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    Lee Hartmann

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    23 publications · 4.2K citations

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    L. Testi

    Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, Italy

    14 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. SJ
    Scott J. Kenyon

    Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, United States

    13 publications · 2.5K citations

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  4. NC
    Nuria Calvet

    University of Michigan, United States

    12 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. DN
    D. N. C. Lin

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    8 publications · 498 citations

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    42 h-index

    106 publications

    11.8K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    37 h-index

    178 publications

    10.2K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    25 h-index

    76 publications

    6.8K citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    24 h-index

    42 publications

    3.8K citations

  5. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    24 h-index

    45 publications

    3.2K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    23 h-index

    31 publications

    6.5K citations

  7. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    22 h-index

    41 publications

    5.1K citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

    22 h-index

    58 publications

    3.4K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 253 publications · 28K citations

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  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    80 publications · 5.6K citations

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    48 publications · 4.4K citations

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    16 publications · 668 citations

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  5. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

    Repository · 15 publications · 898 citations

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