Oscillations of Disks

• Main Author: Kato, Shoji (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 437
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Mathematical physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.

This book presents the current state of research on disk oscillation theory, focusing on relativistic disks and tidally deformed disks. Since the launch of the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) in 1996, many high-frequency quasiperiodic oscillations (HFQPOs) have been observed in X-ray binaries. Su...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Basic Quantities Related to Disk Oscillations
• Derivation of Linear Wave Equations and Wave Energy
• Vertical Oscillations
• Disk Oscillations in Radial Direction
• Classification of Oscillations and Their Characteristics
• Frequencies of Trapped Oscillations and Application
• Two Examples of Further Studies on Trapped Oscillations and Application
• Overstability of Oscillations by Viscosity
• Corotation Instability
• Wave-Wave Resonant Instability in Deformed Disks
• Wave-Wave Resonant Instability in Deformed Disks - Applications
• Sonic Point Instability and Stochastic Excitation of Oscillations by Turbulence. .