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"Foundations of Black Hole Accretion Disk Theory"
Marek A. Abramowicz and P. Chris Fragile 
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Three Destinations in Kerr’s Strong Gravity
3 Matter Description: General Principles
4 Thick Disks, Polish Doughnuts, & Magnetized Tori
5 Thin Disks
6 Slim Disks
7 Advection-Dominated Accretion Flows (ADAFs)
8 Stability
9 Oscillations
10 Relativistic Jets
11 Numerical Simulations
12 Selected Astrophysical Applications
13 Concluding Remarks
Acknowledgements
References
Footnotes
Figures
Tables
Equation Icon  26 −2 −1 − 1 − 3 −1 −1∕2 F = [7 × 10 erg cm s ](m ˙m )r∗ ℬ 𝒞 𝒬, Σ = [5 g cm− 2](α− 1 ˙m −1)r3∗∕2𝒜 −2ℬ3 𝒞1∕2ℰ𝒬 −1, 5 2 −3 1∕2 −1 − 1 H = [1 × 10 cm](m˙)𝒜 ℬ 𝒞 𝒟 ℰ 𝒬, ρ0 = [2 × 10−5 g cm −3](α −1m −1m˙−2)r3∗∕2𝒜− 4ℬ6𝒟 ℰ2𝒬 −2, 7 − 1∕4 −1∕4 −3∕8 − 1∕2 1∕2 1∕4 T = [5 × 10 K](α m )r∗ 𝒜 ℬ ℰ , β∕(1 − β) = [4 × 10−6](α−1∕4m −1∕4 ˙m −2)r21∗∕8𝒜 −5∕2ℬ9∕2𝒟 ℰ5∕4𝒬− 2, (τ τ )1∕2 = [1 × 10−4](α−17∕16m − 1∕16m˙−2)r93∕32𝒜 −25∕8ℬ41∕8𝒞1∕2𝒟1 ∕2ℰ25∕16𝒬 −2. (100 ) ff es ∗