Accretion Disks and Magnetic Fields in Astrophysics: Proceedings of the European Physical Society Study Conference, Held in Noto (Sicily), Italy, June 16–21, 1988

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
The Relevance of Magnetic Fields to Stars and Accretion Disks....Pages 1-10
Dynamo Processes in Stars....Pages 11-29
The Nonlinear Breakup of the Sun’s Toroidal Field....Pages 31-36
Nonlinear Rossby-Alfvén Global Waves on the Surface of a Rotating Sphere....Pages 37-42
Accretion Discs in Theory and Practice....Pages 43-53
Instabilities in dwarf nova accretion disks....Pages 55-57
Accretion and Particle Acceleration by Spiral Shock Waves....Pages 59-69
Magnetohydrodynamic Flows in Accretion Disks and Jets....Pages 71-90
Slender Fluxtubes in Accretion Disks....Pages 91-97
Magnetic Fields in the Accretion Disks of Cataclysmic Variables....Pages 99-106
Accretion Discs and Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables....Pages 107-112
Radio Emission of Dwarf Novae....Pages 113-116
Jets and Magnetic Fields....Pages 117-128
Hydromagnetic Flows from Rapidly Rotating Compact Objects and the Formation of Relativistic Jets....Pages 129-143
Three Dimensional Simulation of Accretion Disks with Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics....Pages 145-150
The Early Stages of Star Formation....Pages 151-163
Accretion Disks and Jets in Protostellar Systems....Pages 165-178
Massive Cloud of Active Star Formation and the Spinning Streamer as Angular Momentum Drain....Pages 179-183
Monte Carlo Simulation of H 2 Formation by Cosmic Rays: Effect of the Grain Model....Pages 185-190
Magnetic Field Generation during Galaxy Formation....Pages 191-202
Numerical Simulation of Weakly Magnetized Propagating Slab Jets....Pages 203-206
Numerical Simulation of Mass Outflows from Star Forming Regions....Pages 207-221
Outflows from Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 223-232
Formation of Radio Jets and Lobes, and Enhanced Energy Liberation at AGN’s....Pages 233-239
Relativistic Radiative Transfer Using Moment Formalism....Pages 241-246
Fluid Models for Relativistic Warm Plasmas....Pages 247-254
Magnetic Fields in the Central Engines of Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 255-265
Time Variability of the X-Ray Emission from Seyfert Galaxies....Pages 267-272
Slim Accretion Discs....Pages 273-278
Summary of the Conference: Stars....Pages 279-281
Conference Summary: Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 283-287
Back Matter....Pages 289-295