Note: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the first edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the third edition -- 1 Accretion as a source of energy -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Eddington limit -- 1.3 The emitted spectrum -- 1.4 Accretion theory and observation -- 2 Gas dynamics -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The equations of gas dynamics -- 2.3 Steady adiabatic flows -- isothermal flows -- 2.4 Sound waves -- 2.5 Steady, spherically symmetric accretion -- 3 Plasma concepts -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Charge neutrality, plasma oscillations and the Debye length -- 3.3 Collisions -- 3.4 Thermal plasmas: relaxation time and mean free path -- 3.5 The stopping of fast particles by a plasma -- 3.6 Transport phenomena: viscosity -- 3.7 The effect of strong magnetic fields -- 3.8 Shock waves in plasmas -- 4 Accretion in binary systems -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Interacting binary systems -- 4.3 Roche lobe overflow -- 4.4 Roche geometry and binary evolution -- 4.5 Disc formation -- 4.6 Viscous torques -- 4.7 The magnitude of viscosity -- 4.8 Beyond the Alpha-prescription -- 4.9 Accretion in close binaries: other possibilities -- 5 Accretion discs -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Radial disc structure -- 5.3 Steady thin discs -- 5.4 The local structure of thin discs -- 5.5 The emitted spectrum -- 5.6 The structure of steady Alpha-discs (the 'standard model') -- 5.7 Steady discs: confrontation with observation -- 5.8 Time dependence and stability -- 5.9 Dwarf novae -- 5.10 Irradiated discs -- 5.11 Tides, resonances and superhumps -- 5.12 Discs around young stars -- 5.13 Spiral shocks -- 6 Accretion on to a compact object -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Boundary layers -- 6.3 Accretion on to magnetized neutron stars and white dwarfs -- 6.4 Accretion columns: the white dwarf case -- 6.5 Accretion column structure for neutron stars. , 6.6 X-ray bursters -- 6.7 Black holes -- 6.8 Accreting binary systems with compact components -- 7 Active galactic nuclei -- 7.1 Observations -- 7.1.1 Continuum emission -- 7.1.2 Line spectra -- 7.1.3 Polarization and variability -- 7.1.4 Summary of active galactic nuclei -- Seyfert galaxies -- Quasars -- BL Lacs (Lacertids) -- Radio galaxies -- 7.1.5 Unified models -- 7.2 The distances of active galaxies -- 7.2.1 Association with clusters -- 7.2.2 The continuity argument -- 7.2.3 Absorption lines -- 7.2.4 Gravitational lenses -- 7.3 The sizes of active galactic nuclei -- 7.3.1 Optical structure -- 7.3.2 Radio structure -- 7.3.3 Variability arguments -- 7.4 The mass of the central source -- 7.4.1 Alignment of radio sources -- 7.4.2 The Eddington limit -- 7.4.3 Variability -- 7.4.4 The stellar distribution -- 7.4.5 Activity in normal galaxies -- 7.5 Models of active galactic nuclei -- 7.5.1 Compact star clusters (without black holes) -- 7.5.2 Supermassive stars -- 7.5.3 Black holes -- 7.6 The gas supply -- 7.7 Black holes -- 7.8 Accretion efficiency -- 8 Accretion discs in active galactic nuclei -- 8.1 The nature of the problem -- 8.2 Radio, millimetre and infrared emission -- 8.3 Optical, UV and X-ray emission -- 8.4 The broad and narrow, permitted and forbidden -- 8.5 The narrow line region -- 8.6 The broad line region -- 8.7 The stability of AGN discs -- 9 Accretion power in active galactic nuclei -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Extended radio sources -- 9.3 Compact radio sources -- 9.4 The nuclear continuum -- 9.5 Applications to discs -- 9.6 Magnetic fields -- 9.7 Newtonian electrodynamic discs -- 9.8 The Blandford-Znajek model -- 9.9 Circuit analysis of black hole power -- 10 Thick discs -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Equilibrium figures -- 10.3 The limiting luminosity -- 10.4 Newtonian vorticity-free torus -- 10.5 Thick accretion discs. , 10.6 Dynamical stability -- 10.7 Astrophysical implications -- 11 Accretion flows -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 The equations -- 11.3 Vertically integrated equations - slim discs -- 11.4 A unified description of steady accretion flows -- 11.5 Stability -- 11.6 Optically thin ADAFs - similarity solutions -- 11.7 Astrophysical applications -- 11.7.1 The Galactic centre: Sagittarius A -- 11.7.2 Active galactic nuclei -- 11.7.3 Soft X-ray transients -- 11.8 Caveats and alternatives -- 11.8.1 ADIOS -- 11.8.2 Convection dominated flows: CDAFs -- 11.8.3 Hot settling flows on to neutron stars -- 11.8.4 Paczynski's toy model -- 11.9 Epilogue -- Appendix Radiation processes -- Problems -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Appendix -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The basic fluid equations -- 1.1 Conservation of mass and momentum -- 1.1.1 Mass conservation -- 1.1.2 Momentum conservation -- 1.2 The Lagrangian derivative -- 1.3 Conservation of energy -- 1.4 The equation of state and useful approximations -- 1.4.1 Incompressible approximation -- 1.4.2 Adiabatic flow -- 1.4.3 Barotropic flow -- 1.5 The MHD approximation -- 1.5.1 Notation and units -- 1.6 Some basic implications -- 1.6.1 Bernoulli equation for a non-magnetic barotropic fluid -- 1.6.2 Advection of vortex lines -- 1.6.3 Advection of magnetic field lines -- 1.7 Conservation of energy -- 1.7.1 Kinetic energy -- 1.7.2 Magnetic energy -- 1.7.3 The combined energy equation -- 1.8 Further reading -- 1.9 Problems -- 2 Compressible media -- 2.1 Wave propagation in uniform media -- 2.1.1 Small-amplitude sound waves -- 2.1.2 Fourier transforms and the dispersion relation -- 2.1.3 Waves in a magnetic medium -- 2.1.3.1 Wavefronts parallel to the magnetic field -- 2.1.3.2 Wavefronts perpendicular to the magnetic field -- 2.2 Non-linear flow in one dimension -- 2.2.1 Regions of influence -- 2.2.2 Development of shocks -- 2.2.3 Shock conditions -- 2.2.3.1 Non-magnetic fluid -- 2.2.3.2 Magnetic fluid -- 2.2.4 Shock waves in general -- 2.3 Further reading -- 2.4 Problems -- 3 Spherically symmetric flows -- 3.1 Steady inflow/outflow -- 3.1.1 Bondi accretion -- 3.1.2 Steady outflow -- 3.2 Explosion in a uniform medium -- 3.2.1 Shock conditions -- 3.2.2 Similarity variables -- 3.2.3 The similarity (Taylor-Sedov) equations -- 3.2.4 Solving the Taylor-Sedov equations -- 3.3 Further reading -- 3.4 Problems -- 4 Stellar models and stellar oscillations -- 4.1 Models of stars -- 4.2 Perturbing the models -- 4.3 Eulerian and Lagrangian perturbations -- 4.3.1 The perturbed velocity. , 4.4 Adiabatic perturbations - a variational principle -- 4.4.1 Implications -- 4.4.2 Implication for stability -- 4.4.2.1 Stability -- 4.4.2.2 Instability -- 4.4.2.3 Stability criterion -- 4.5 The Schwarzschild stability criterion -- 4.6 Further reading -- 4.7 Problems -- 5 Stellar oscillations - waves in stratified media -- 5.1 Waves in a plane-parallel atmosphere -- 5.1.1 Local analysis -- 5.2 Vertical waves in a polytropic atmosphere -- 5.2.1 Equilibrium distribution -- 5.2.2 The governing equation -- 5.2.3 Solution of the equation -- 5.3 Further reading -- 5.4 Problems -- 6 Damping and excitation of stellar oscillations -- 6.1 A simple set of oscillations -- 6.2 Damping by conductivity -- 6.2.1 An alternative derivation -- 6.3 The effect of heating and cooling - the… -- 6.4 The effect of opacity - the k-mechanism -- 6.4.1 The underlying oscillations:Q… -- 6.4.2 Perturbing the underlying oscillations:Q… -- 6.5 Further reading -- 7 Magnetic instability in a static atmosphere -- 7.1 Magnetic buoyancy -- 7.2 The Parker instability -- 7.2.1 Modes with ky = 0 -- 7.2.2 Modes with kx = 0, ky… -- 7.3 Further reading -- 7.4 Problems -- 8 Thermal instabilities -- 8.1 Linear perturbations and the Field criterion -- 8.1.1 Acoustic waves -- 8.1.2 No net heating or cooling, but small conductivity -- 8.1.3 Slow cooling -- 8.2 Heating and cooling fronts -- 8.3 Further reading -- 8.4 Problems -- 9 Gravitational instability -- 9.1 The Jeans instability -- 9.2 Isothermal, self-gravitating plane layer -- 9.2.1 Equilibrium configuration -- 9.2.2 Stability analysis -- 9.3 Stability of a thin slab -- 9.4 Further reading -- 9.5 Problems -- 10 Linear shear flows -- 10.1 Perturbation of a linear shear flow -- 10.2 Squire's theorem -- 10.3 Rayleigh's inflexion point theorem -- 10.3.1 Mathematical technicality -- 10.4 Fjørtoft's theorem -- 10.5 Physical interpretation. , 10.6 Co-moving phase -- 10.7 Stratified shear flow -- 10.8 The Richardson criterion -- 10.9 Further reading -- 10.10 Problems -- 11 Rotating flows -- 11.1 Rotating fluid equilibria -- 11.2 Making rotating stellar models -- 11.3 Meridional circulation -- 11.3.1 The basic snag with meridional circulation -- 11.4 Rotation and magnetism -- 11.5 Further reading -- 11.6 Problems -- 12 Circular shear flow -- 12.1 Incompressible shear flow in a rigid cylinder -- 12.1.1 Axisymmetric perturbations: Rayleigh's criterion -- 12.2 Axisymmetric stability of a compressible rotating flow -- 12.2.1 Equilibrium -- 12.2.2 Stability -- 12.2.3 The Solberg-Høiland criterion -- 12.3 Circular shear flow with a magnetic field -- 12.3.1 Local analysis -- 12.3.2 The Balbus-Hawley instability -- 12.4 Circular shear flow with self-gravity -- 12.4.1 Rotating thin disc -- 12.4.1.1 Axisymmetric perturbations - the Toomre criterion -- 12.4.1.2 Non-axisymmetric disturbances - spiral arms -- 12.5 Further reading -- 12.6 Problems -- 13 Modes in rotating stars -- 13.1 The non-rotating `star' -- 13.1.1 Self-gravitating cylinder -- 13.2 Uniform rotation -- 13.2.1 Effect on p- and g-modes -- 13.2.1.1 The Chandrasekhar -Friedmann-Schutz instability -- 13.2.2 The r-modes -- 13.2.2.1 Axisymmetric r-modes -- 13.2.2.2 The CFS instability continued -- 13.3 Further reading -- 13.4 Problems -- 14 Cylindrical shear flow-non-axisymmetric instability -- 14.1 Equilibrium configuration -- 14.2 The perturbation equations -- 14.3 The Papaloizou-Pringle instability -- 14.3.1 Large m -- 14.3.2 Thin cylindrical shell -- 14.4 Further reading -- 14.5 Problems -- References -- Index.

Note: Front Cover -- Virus Taxonomy -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- The Editors -- The Contributors -- I: Introduction -- Introduction to Virus Taxonomy -- Glossary of Abbreviations -- Families and Genera of Viruses Listed According to the Nature of the Genome -- Virus Diagrams -- II: The Viruses -- Order of Presentation of Virus Taxonomic Descriptions -- The Double Stranded DNA Viruses -- Order Caudovirales -- Taxonomic structure of the order -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and physical properties -- Nucleic acid -- Proteins -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Genome organization and replication -- Genome organization -- Replication -- Virion assembly and DNA packaging -- Antigenic properties -- Biological properties -- Infection -- Latency -- Host range -- Transmission in nature -- Geographic distribution -- Phylogenetic relationships within the order and the perils of mosaicism -- Similarity with other taxa -- Derivation of names -- Further reading -- Family Myoviridae -- Taxonomic structure of the family -- Distinguishing features of the family -- Genus "T4-like viruses" -- Distinguishing features of the genus -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and physical properties -- Nucleic acid -- Proteins -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Genome organization and replication -- Antigenic properties -- Biological properties -- Species demarcation criteria in the genus -- List of species in the genus "T4-like viruses" -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "T4-like viruses" but have not been approved as species -- Genus "P1-like viruses" -- Distinguishing features of the genus -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and Physical Properties -- Nucleic Acid -- Proteins -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Genome organization and replication -- Antigenic properties. , Biological properties -- Species demarcation criteria in the genus -- List of species in the genus "P1-like viruses" -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "P1-like" viruses but have not been approved as species -- Genus "P2-like viruses" -- Distinguishing features -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and Physical Properties -- Nucleic Acid -- Proteins -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Genome organization and replication -- Antigenic properties -- Biological properties -- Species demarcation criteria in the genus -- List of species in the genus "P2-like viruses" -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "P2-like viruses" but have not been approved as species -- Genus "Mu-like viruses" -- Distinguishing features -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and Physical Properties -- Nucleic Acid -- Proteins -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Genome organization and replication -- Antigenic relationships -- Biological properties -- Species demarcation criteria in the genus -- List of species in the genus "Mu-like viruses" -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "Mu-like viruses" but have not been approved as species -- Genus "SPO1-like viruses" -- Note on nomenclature -- Distinguishing features -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and Physical Properties -- Nucleic Acid -- Proteins -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Genome organization and replication -- Biological properties -- Species demarcation criteria in the genus -- List of species in the genus "SPO1-like viruses" -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "SPO1-like viruses" but have not been approved as species -- Genus "PhiH-like viruses" -- Distinguishing features -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and Physical Properties -- Nucleic Acid. , Proteins -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Genome organization and replication -- Antigenic properties -- Biological properties -- Species demarcation criteria in the genus -- List of species in the genus "PhiH-like viruses" -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "PhiH-like viruses" but have not been approved as species -- Genus "phiKZ-like viruses" -- Distinguishing features -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and Physical Properties -- Nucleic Acid -- Proteins -- Genome organization and replication -- Antigenic properties -- Biological properties -- Species demarcation criteria in the genus -- List of species in the genus "phiKZ-like viruses" -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "phiKZ-like viruses" but have not been approved as species -- Genus "I3-like viruses" -- Distinguishing features -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and physical properties -- Nucleic acid -- Proteins -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Genome organization and replication -- Antigenic properties -- Biological properties -- Species demarcation criteria in the genus -- List of species in the genus "I3-like viruses" -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "I3-like viruses" but have not been approved as species -- List of unassigned species in the family Myoviridae -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the family Myoviridae but have not been approved as species -- Phylogenetic relationships within the family -- Similarity with other taxa -- Derivation of name -- Further reading -- Family Podoviridae -- Taxonomic structure of the family -- Distinguishing features -- Genus "BPP-1-like viruses" -- Distinguishing features -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and physical properties -- Nucleic acid -- Proteins -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates. , Genome organization and replication -- Biological properties -- Species demarcation criteria in the genus -- List of species in the genus "BPP-1-like viruses" -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "BPP-1-like viruses" but have not been approved as species -- Genus "Epsilon15-like viruses" -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and physical properties -- Nucleic acid -- Proteins -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Genome organization and replication -- Biological properties -- Species demarcation criteria in the genus -- List of species in the genus "Epsilon15-like viruses" -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "Epsilon15-like viruses" but have not been approved as spec ... -- Genus "LUZ24-like viruses" -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and physical properties -- Nucleic acid -- Proteins -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Genome organization and replication -- Biological properties -- Species demarcation criteria in the genus -- List of species in the genus "LUZ24-like viruses" -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "LUZ24-like viruses" but have not been approved as species -- Genus "N4-like viruses" -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and physical properties -- Nucleic acid -- Proteins -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Genome organization and replication -- Biological properties -- Species demarcation criteria in the genus -- List of species in the genus "N4-like viruses" -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "N4-like viruses" but have not been approved as species -- Genus "P22-like viruses" -- Distinguishing features -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and physical properties -- Nucleic acid -- Proteins -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Genome organization and replication. , Antigenic properties -- Biological properties -- Species demarcation criteria in the genus -- List of species in the genus "P22-like viruses" -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "P22-like viruses" but have not been approved as species -- Genus "Phieco32-like viruses" -- Distinguishing features -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and physical properties -- Nucleic acid -- Proteins -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Genome organization and replication -- Biological properties -- Species demarcation criteria in the genus -- List of species in the genus "Phieco32-like viruses" -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "Phieco32-like viruses" but have not been approved as speci ... -- Subfamily Autographivirinae -- Taxonomic structure of the subfamily -- Distinguishing features -- Genus "PhiKMV-like viruses" -- Distinguishing features -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and physical properties -- Nucleic acid -- Proteins -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Genome organization and replication -- Biological properties -- Species demarcation criteria in the genus -- List of species in the genus "PhiKMV-like viruses" -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "PhiKMV-like viruses" but have not been approved as species -- Genus "SP6-like viruses" -- Distinguishing features -- Virion properties -- Morphology -- Physicochemical and physical properties -- Nucleic acid -- Proteins -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Genome organization and replication -- Biological properties -- Species demarcation criteria in the genus -- List of species in the genus "SP6-like viruses" -- List of other related viruses which may be members of the genus "SP6-like viruses" but have not been approved as species -- Genus "T7-like viruses" -- Distinguishing features -- Virion properties. , Morphology.

Note: Intro -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Foreword -- Searching for Black Holes in Space -- Introduction -- The Origins of X-Ray Astronomy -- Cygnus X-1 -- A0620-00 -- Supermassive Black Holes in AGN -- ULXs and Intermediate Mass Black Holes -- Summary and Update -- Acknowledgements -- References -- General Overview of Black Hole Accretion Theory -- Introduction -- Hydrodynamic Disk Models with the Alpha Prescription -- Local Thermal Equilibria and Secular Instabilities -- Tying Local Models Into Global Models: The Overall Geometry of the Flow -- Other Variants -- Going Beyond Alpha: MRI Turbulence -- Shearing Box Simulations of MRI Turbulence -- Aspects of the Vertical Structure Revealed by MRI Simulations -- Physics Issues in the RIAF Regime -- Attempts to Simulate the Radiation Pressure Thermal Instability -- Other Issues in the Radiation Dominated Regime -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Fast Variability from Black-Hole Binaries -- Introduction -- Accretion and General Relativity -- Fast Variability and Source States -- Hard and Soft States: Noise -- Intermediate States: Quasi-Periodic Oscillations -- Variability at High-Frequencies -- Interpretation -- The Relativistic Precession Model -- Epicyclic Resonance Models -- Disk Oscillation Models -- Other Models -- QPOs in Accretion Disk Simulations -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Modelling Spectral and Timing Properties of Accreting Black Holes: The Hybrid Hot Flow Paradigm -- Introduction -- Hot Flow Models -- Comptonization Models for the X-Ray Emission -- Hybrid Comptonization Model -- Basic Properties of Hybrid Accretion Flows -- Observational Properties -- X-ray/gamma-Ray Spectra -- Broad-Band Spectra and Infrared Flares -- X-Ray Variability -- Optical (IR and UV) Variability and Its Relations to the X-Rays -- Polarisation -- Summary -- Acknowledgements. , References -- Current Status of Simulations -- Introduction -- Matching Simulations with Observations -- Thermodynamics of Simulations -- Geometrically Thin Disks -- Self-Consistent Radiative Cooling of Optically Thin Disks -- Magnetic Field Topology -- Jet Power -- Magnetically Arrested Accretion -- Tilted Disks -- Tilted Disks and Spin -- Tilted Disks and Sgr A* Spectral Fitting -- Tilted Disks and Strong Shocks -- Tilted Disks-GRMHD vs. SPH -- Future Direction-Radiation MHD -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Observational Tests of the Picture of Disk Accretion -- Introduction -- A Basic Picture: Setting a Target for Observations to Test -- Classes of Accretors -- Evidence for the Basic Structures of Accretion Disks -- Proof that Accretion Really Happens in Disks -- Systems with Accretion not Happening via Disks -- Eclipse Mapping of Accretion Disks -- Evidence for Hot Spots -- Spiral Structure: Evidence for Deviations from Simple Disk Models -- Large Amplitude, Long Timescale Variability -- Mechanisms for Large Variations in Luminosity -- The Thermal-Viscous Instability and Stability Criteria -- Disk Instabilities and Peak Outburst Luminosities -- Outburst Durations -- Phenomena Which Are Hard to Explain in Terms of Disk Ionization Instabilities -- Tidal Effects -- Large Amplitude Variability in Active Galactic Nuclei -- Mass Loss from Accretion Disks -- Gravitationally Lensed Quasars -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Observational Appearance of Black Holes in X-Ray Binaries and AGN -- Introduction -- Emission Mechanisms and SED -- X-Ray Binaries: Geometry and Spectral Components -- XRB Accretion Discs -- XRB Coronae -- X-Ray Binaries: Spectral States -- AGN Spectral Energy Distribution: From Phenomenology to Physics -- AGN SED Phenomenology -- AGN Accretion Discs -- AGN Coronae -- R-Gamma Correlations in X-Ray Binaries and AGN. , Populations of X-Ray Binaries and Stellar Mass Black Holes in External Galaxies -- Scaling Relations for X-Ray Binaries -- General Considerations -- Chandra Results -- X-Ray Luminosity Functions of X-Ray Binaries -- Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources -- Finding Supermassive Black Holes: Surveys, Biases, Demographics -- Accreting Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei -- Bolometric AGN Luminosity Functions and the History of Accretion -- The Soltan Argument -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Scaling Relations from Stellar to Supermassive Black Holes -- Introduction -- Connecting the Variability Properties of Accreting Objects -- Hard State XRBs -- Quasi-Periodic Oscillations -- Scale Invariance of the Relativistic Jet -- Interpretation and Extension to Neutron Stars -- Conclusions -- References -- Menus for Feeding Black Holes -- Introduction -- Black Hole Formation and Evolution -- Collapse of Massive Stars -- Black Holes in Stellar Binaries -- Supermassive Black Holes -- Seeds of Supermassive Black Holes -- Intermediate Mass Black Holes -- Bondi-Hoyle-Lyttleton Accretion -- Simple Model for Spherical Accretion -- Luminosity -- Dynamical Friction -- Vorticity, Turbulence, and Radiation Effects -- Instabilities -- Disk Accretion -- Thin Disk Accretion -- Advection Dominated Accretion Flow -- Circumbinary SMBH Disks -- Feeding Black Holes with Stars -- Tidal Disruption Events -- Fueling Active Galactic Nuclei Accretion Disks with Stars -- References -- Massive Binary Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei and Their Path to Coalescence -- Massive Binary Black Holes as Tracers of Black Hole Seed Formation and Galaxy Assembly, Along Cosmic History -- Binary Black Holes in Stellar Environments -- Super-Massive Black Hole Binaries in Galactic Nuclei -- Middleweight Binary Black Holes in Stellar Environments: Hardening or Stalling in High Redshift Nuclei?. , Black Holes Dynamics in Gas-Rich Mergers -- Major Mergers and the Formation of a Keplerian Binary -- Black Hole Paring in Unequal-Mass Mergers -- Collisionless Unequal-Mass Mergers -- Gas-Rich Unequal-Mass Mergers -- Black Hole Pairing in Minor Mergers: the Role of Mass Accretion -- Black Hole Dynamics in Gaseous Nuclear Discs -- Nuclear-Disc-Driven Migration -- Smooth Circum-Nuclear Discs -- Clumpy Circum-Nuclear Discs and Stochastic Orbital Decay -- Binary-Disc-Driven Migration -- Timescales: an Overview -- Summary and Future Prospects -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Mass Measurements of Stellar and Intermediate-Mass Black Holes -- Introduction -- Dynamical BHs in X-ray Transients -- Systematic Errors and Biases in BH Mass Determinations -- Dynamical Black Holes in High-Mass X-ray Binaries (HMXBs) -- Future Perspectives -- Reprocessed Bowen Emission -- Optical/NIR Interferometry -- Intermediate-Mass Black Holes? -- IMBHs in Globular Clusters? -- Photometric and Kinematic Evidence -- Radio-X-ray Correlation -- Ultraluminous X-ray Sources -- Beaming and Super-Eddington Accretion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Measuring the Masses of Supermassive Black Holes -- Introduction -- Measuring the Masses of Supermassive Black Holes -- Direct versus Indirect Methods -- A Brief Summary of Primary Methods -- Dynamics of Individual Sources -- Collective Motions -- Reverbation Mapping of AGNs -- Beginnings -- Theory of Reverberation Mapping -- Assumptions -- The Transfer Equation -- Construction of a Velocity-Delay Map -- Reverberation Mapping Results: Velocity-Delay Maps -- Reverberation Mapping Results: Lags -- Reverberation-Based Black Hole Masses -- Virial Mass Estimates -- Testing Reverberation-Based Masses -- Indirect Mass Estimates Anchored by Reverberation Results -- The Radius-Luminosity Relationship -- Indirect Masses from R-L. , Problems with Indirect Mass Measurements -- Alternative Paths to Black Hole Masses -- The Future -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Measuring Black Hole Spin Using X-Ray Re ection Spectroscopy -- Introduction -- Assumptions and Methodology of Relativistic X-Ray Re ection Spectroscopy -- Basic Assumptions and Geometry -- Operationally Nuts and Bolts of Relativistic Re ection Spin Determinations -- Supermassive Black Holes -- Early History -- Two Illustrative Case Studies -- Summary of Current SMBH Spin Measurements -- Stellar Mass Black Holes -- Early History -- Challenges and Rewards -- Summary of Current Stellar-Mass Black Hole Spin Measurements -- Beyond Spectroscopy: The Age of Relativistic Reverberation Mapping -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Black Hole Spin via Continuum Fitting and the Role of Spin in Powering Transient Jets -- Introduction -- Stellar Black Holes in X-Ray Binaries -- Persistent Black Hole Binaries -- Transient Black Hole Binaries -- The Continuum-Fitting Method -- Accretion Disk Theory -- Continuum Fitting in Practice -- Truncation of the Disk at the ISCO -- Observational Evidence -- Theoretical Evidence -- Uncertainties in Spin Estimates -- Observational Errors -- Errors from the Novikov-Thorne Model -- Errors from the Disk Atmosphere Model -- Assumption of Spin-Orbit Alignment -- Results and Discussion -- The Persistent Systems vs. the Transients -- Prograde Spins that Obey the Kerr Bound -- The High Natal Spins of the Persistent Black Holes -- Applications -- Jet Power and Black Hole Spin -- Two Kinds of Jets in Black Hole Binaries -- Correlation Between Spin and Ballistic Jet Power -- What Does it Mean? -- A Challenge -- Signi cance of the Result -- Issue of Data Selection -- Synchrotron Bubble Model -- On Resolving the Controversy -- Conclusions and Future Prospects -- Acknowledgements -- References. , An Overview of Jets and Out ows in Stellar Mass Black Holes.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Black Hole Merging and Gravitational Waves -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General Relativity -- 2.1 Special Relativity -- 2.2 The Equivalence Principle -- 2.3 Tides and Curvature -- 2.4 Newtonian Gravity in Geometric Form -- 2.5 Einstein Equations -- 2.6 Black Holes -- 3 Gravitational Wave Theory -- 3.1 Newtonian Limit Redux -- 3.2 Waves in Vacuum -- 3.3 Making Waves -- 3.4 Energy and Momentum of a Gravitational Wave -- 4 Gravitational Wave Detection -- 4.1 Photon Timing -- 5 Gravitational Wave Observatories -- 5.1 Ground Based Laser Interferometers -- 5.2 Space Based Laser Interferometers -- 5.3 Pulsar Timing Arrays -- 6 Gravitational Waves from Binary Systems -- 6.1 Post-Newtonian Expansion -- 6.2 Circular Newtonian Binary -- 6.3 Stationary Phase Approximation -- 6.4 Eccentric Newtonian Binary -- 6.5 Spinning Binaries -- 7 Science Data Analysis -- 7.1 Posterior Distributions, Bayesian Learning and Model Evidence -- 7.2 Maximum Likelihood and the Fisher Information Matrix -- 7.3 Frequentist Detection Statistics -- 7.4 Searches for Gravitational Waves -- 7.5 Bayesian Parameter Estimation -- 7.6 Worked Example-Sinusoidal Signal -- References -- Supermassive Black Hole Accretion and Feedback -- 1 Introduction: Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe -- 1.1 The Eddington Limit -- 1.2 AGN Spectra -- 1.3 Where Are the Holes? -- 2 Orbits Near Black Holes -- 3 Supermassive Black Holes in Galaxies -- 4 Accretion Discs -- 4.1 Self-gravity -- 4.2 Spherical Accretion? -- 4.3 Steady Disc Accretion? -- 4.4 Pitfalls -- 4.5 Observations of Discs -- 5 Misaligned Accretion -- 5.1 Alignment or Counteralignment? -- 5.2 Disc Warping, Breaking and Tearing -- 6 Chaotic Accretion and Supermassive Black Hole Growth -- 6.1 Supermassive Black Hole Growth -- 6.2 Massive Seeds? -- 6.3 How Big Can a Black Hole Grow? -- 6.4 AGN Variability. , 6.5 Super-Eddington Accretion -- 6.6 Super-Eddington Mass Growth? -- 7 Black Hole Winds -- 7.1 Observability -- 7.2 Wind Ionization and BAL QSOs -- 8 The Wind Shock and the M - σ Relation -- 8.1 Momentum or Energy? -- 8.2 The M - σ Relation -- 8.3 Near the Black Hole -- 8.4 What Happens at M = Mσ? -- 8.5 SMBH Feedback in General -- 8.6 Radiation Feedback -- 9 The Black Hole-Bulge Mass Relation -- 10 Conclusion -- References -- Black Holes Across Cosmic History: A Journey Through 13.8 Billion Years -- 1 Primordial Black Holes: Forming Black Holes During Inflation -- 2 Seed Black Holes: Stars Light Up -- 3 The First Massive Quasars and Galaxies: Cosmological Simulations -- 4 Cosmological Simulations -- 4.1 What We Simulate, Codes and Physics -- 4.2 Black Holes in Cosmological Simulations -- 5 High Redshift Galaxies and Black Holes -- 5.1 The Bluetides Simulation -- 5.2 Zooming in: High-z Massive Galaxies and Black Holes -- 6 Black Holes Grow: Modern Galaxies and Their Black Holes -- 6.1 Black Hole Mass-Galaxy Properties Relations: The Connection -- 6.2 The QSO Luminosity Functions (QLF) -- 6.3 Quasar Clustering -- 6.4 AGN Feedback and Cosmology -- 7 Massive Black Holes and Galaxy Mergers -- References.

Note: Intro -- INTERSECTIONS OF AGEING, GENDER AND SEXUALITIES -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- Series editors' preface -- 1. Introduction: intersections of ageing, gender and sexualities -- Introduction -- Taking intersectionality and multi-disciplinarity seriously -- Key themes of the book -- Structure of the book -- Significance -- Part 1. Theoretical interpolations -- Part 1: introduction -- 2. On the intersections of age, gender and sexualities in research on ageing -- Intersectionality -- An intersectional lens to ageing -- Age relations -- Gender relations -- Relations of sexual inequality -- Gender and heterosexual spousal caregiving -- Same-sex partner caregiving -- Age and partner caregiving -- A heuristic model -- Conclusion -- 3. The queer subject of 'getting on' -- Introduction -- Theoretical overview -- Queer families -- Queer cares -- Queer spaces of academia -- Conclusion -- 4. Transgender ageing: community resistance and well-being in the life course -- Introduction -- Trans ageing: empirical landscape -- Trans ageing: theoretical perspectives -- The Swedish study -- The US study -- Trans resistance and well-being in the life course -- Part 2. Representations -- Part 2: introduction -- 5. Endogenous misery: menopause in medicine, literature and culture -- 'It is probably that': Virginia Woolf and menopause as disease -- Germaine Greer reading Simone de Beauvoir: ageing is not dying -- The Wilsons and menopause as endogenous misery -- Conclusion -- 6. Representations of female ageing and sexuality in Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger, Angela Carter's Wise Children and Doris Lessing's 'The grandmothers' -- Introduction -- From the asexual old woman to the 'sexy oldie' -- Fictionalising female sexuality in later life -- Lively's historian, Carter's sisters and Lessing's grandmothers -- Conclusion. , 7. 'Last-minute mothers': the construction of age and midlife motherhood in Denmark and Israel -- Introduction -- Theoretical and contextual background -- Methodology and analysis -- A mother or a grandmother? Keeping fit and staying young -- Conclusion -- Part 3. Dis/empowerments -- Part 3: introduction -- 8. All change please: education, mobility and habitus dislocation -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Education, education, education -- A material world: intersections of gender and class in employment -- Theorising class identity: 'upward' mobility and habitus dislocation -- Conclusion -- 9. Insider or outsider? Issues of power and habitus during life history interviews with menopausal Iranian women -- Introduction -- Biographical research and methodology -- Researcher's social status: reflexivity and power, Bourdieusian perspective and intersectionality -- Applying Bourdieu's practice theory -- Conclusion -- 10. Sexual expression and sexual practices in long-term residential facilities for older people -- Introduction -- Sexual expression in LTC institutions -- Diversity and expression of sexual interests in residential settings -- Conclusion and practical implications -- 11. Sexual and gender diversity, ageing and elder care in South Africa: voices and realities -- South African realities -- (South) African worldviews and experiences of ageing -- LGBTI ageing in South Africa -- Conversations on LGBTI ageing and care -- Conclusion -- Part 4. Health and well-being -- Part 4: introduction -- 12. Health and well-being of lesbians, gay men and bisexual people in later life: examining the commonalities and differences from quantitative research -- Introduction -- Research on the health and well-being of LGB people -- Intersectionality, LGB older people and quantitative research. , Commonalities and differences across intersecting LGB older people categories -- Implications -- Conclusion -- 13. Questioning the sexy oldie: masculinity, age and sexuality in the Viagra era -- Introduction -- 'Positive ageing' and the Viagra revolution -- Italian context -- Methodology -- Age matters: in search of the legitimate patient -- Boundary making: between biological and biographical timings -- Whose ageless sex? The coupledom imperative -- Discussion and conclusion -- Intersecting identities of age, gender and sexual orientation in gay and bisexual men's narratives of 14. prostate cancer -- Intersectionality and health -- Age and ageing in the lives of gay and bisexual men -- Gender and hegemonic masculinity -- Sexual orientation -- Methodology -- Gay and bisexual men's embodied sense of self -- Managing the emotional roller-coaster of prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment -- Intimate and sexual relationships following prostate cancer -- Discussion -- Index.

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