Authors
Citation
Jp. Lasota, ADAFs - Models, observations and problems, PHYS REPORT, 311(3-5), 1999, pp. 247-258
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
03701573
→ ACNP
Volume
311
Issue
3-5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
247 - 258
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-1573(199904)311:3-5<247:A-MOAP>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We review some of the properties of advection-dominated accretion flow (ADA
F) models and show that they successfully describe many astrophysical syste
ms. Despite these successful applications some fundamental problems still r
emain to be solved, the most important one being the physics of the transit
ion between an ADAF and a geometrically thin Keplerian disc. (C) 1999 Elsev
ier Science B.V. All rights reserved.