Browsing by Subject "X-rays: binaries"

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  • MRI turbulence and thermal instability in accretion discs 

    Ross, J; Latter, Henrik Nils; Tehranchi, Michael Rummine (Oxford University PressMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2017-06)
    A long-standing puzzle in the study of black hole accretion concerns the presence or not of thermal instability. Classical theory predicts that the encircling accretion disc is unstable, as do some self-consistent ...

  • Quasi-periodic oscillations and the global modes of relativistic, MHD accretion discs 

    Dewberry, Janosz W; Latter, Henrik Nils; Ogilvie, Gordon Ian
    The high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (HFQPOs) that punctuate the light curves of X-ray binary systems present a window onto the intrinsic properties of stellar-mass black holes and hence a testbed for general ...