- Diskoseismology
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Diskoseismology is the behavioral study of accretion disks surrounding black holes.[1][2] Research in this area is especially useful for verifying and developing theories about gravity, due to the large gravitational forces present in close proximity to black holes.
References
- ^ Nowak, Michael A.; Wagoner, Robert V. (1991). "Diskoseismology: Probing accretion disks. I - Trapped adiabatic oscillations". Astrophysical Journal 378: 656–664. Bibcode 1991ApJ...378..656N. doi:10.1086/170465.
- ^ Wagoner, Robert V. (2008). "Relativistic and Newtonian diskoseismology". New Astronomy Reviews 51 (10-12): 828–834. Bibcode 2008NewAR..51..828W. doi:10.1016/j.newar.2008.03.012.
Further reading
- Nowak, Michael A., Diskoseismology and the Galactic Microquasars
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