High Energy Processes in Accreting Black Holes
eds. Juri Poutanen and Roland Svensson, ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 161


Photo-gallery
Preface xvii
Conference participants xix
Conference photograph xxii


Part 1. General Overviews


Accretion onto Black Holes: An Overview M. C. Begelman 3
X-rays and Soft Gamma-rays from Seyferts, Radio Galaxies, and Black-Hole Binaries A. A. Zdziarski 16


Part 2. X/gamma-rays from Galactic Black Holes


X-ray Energy Spectra of Galactic Black Hole Candidates K. Ebisawa 39
Gamma-Ray Observations of Galactic Black Hole Candidates J. E. Grove 54
Accretion Disk in Cyg X-1 in the Soft State M. Gierlinski and A. A. Zdziarski 64
On the Geometry of Accretion Flow in Soft X-ray Transients from Modeling the X-ray Reprocessing P. T. Zycki, C. Done and
D. A. Smith 		70
Relativistic Distortions in the Low/Hard State X-ray Spectrum of Cyg X-1 C. Done and P. T. Zycki 76
Super-Eddington Accretion in GRS 1915+105 O. Vilhu 82
GRS 1915+105: Exploring Links between Radio and X-ray Emission D. C. Hannikainen, R. W. Hunstead,
O. Vilhu, D. Campbell-Wilson
and M. Williamson 		88


Part 3. Temporal Variability of Galactic Black Holes


Temporal X-ray Properties of Galactic Black Hole Candidates: Observational Data and Theoretical Models W. Cui 97
Accretion Disks in the Context of Self-Organized Criticality: How to Produce 1/f Fluctuations? S. Mineshige and H. Negoro 113
Monte-Carlo Simulations on the Rapid Aperiodic Variability of Galactic Black-Hole Candidates M. Böttcher and E. P. Liang 129
On the Time Lags in Galactic Black Holes J. Poutanen and A. C. Fabian 135
ASCA and Radio/RXTE Observations of GX 339-4 M. A. Nowak, J. Wilms,
J. B. Dove and R. P. Fender 		141


Part 4. Seyfert Galaxies and Quasars


X/gamma-ray Spectra of Seyferts and BeppoSAX Observations G. Matt 149
Ultrasoft Narrow-Line Seyfert~1 Galaxies: An Extreme of the Seyfert Phenomenon W. N. Brandt 166
Compton Reflection and Iron Fluorescence in Active Galactic Nuclei and Galactic Black Hole Candidates C. S. Reynolds 178
Constraints on Disks Models of The Big Blue Bump from UV/Optical/IR Observations R. Antonucci 193
Variability of the UV/Soft X-ray Continuum in NGC 5548 P. Magdziarz, O. Blaes
and G. Madejski 		204
Compton Scattering and the Rises in UV Polarization in Quasars A. M. Beloborodov and J. Poutanen 210
A Simultaneous ASCA and RXTE Long Look at the Seyfert 1 Galaxy MCG--6-30-15 J. C. Lee, A. C. Fabian,
K. Iwasawa, W. N. Brandt
and C. S. Reynolds 		216
A Broad Band Spectrum of NGC 4388 Observed with RXTE K. Malmivaara and M. Vuori 222
Warm Absorbers in Narrow-Line Seyfert Galaxies S. Komossa and J. Greiner 228
The Giant X-ray Outburst in NGC 5905 - a Tidal Disruption Event? S. Komossa and N. Bade 234
Constraining ADAF Models for Supermassive Black Holes T. Di Matteo, A. C. Fabian,
C. L. Carilli and R. J. Ivison 		240


Part 5. Relativistic Jet Sources


The Power of Jets: Blazars vs Galactic Superluminals G. Ghisellini 249
Variability and Unification of Blazars and Gamma Ray Bursts C. D. Dermer and J. Chiang 264
Relativistic Outflows in Gamma Ray Bursts B. Stern 277


Part 6. Accretion Disk Models


Accretion Disk Models A. M. Beloborodov 295
Instabilities is alpha-Disks J. H. Krolik 315
Clumps in a Hot Soup A. Celotti and M. J. Rees 325
Structure and Formation of Accretion Disk Corona for Active Galactic Nuclei and Galactic Black Holes B. Czerny, A. Janiuk,
A. Rozanska and P. T. Zycki 		331
Numerical Models of Rotating Accretion Flows around Black Holes I. V. Igumenshchev 337
Global Structure and Spectra of Galactic Black Hole Accretion Disks E. Liang, C. Luo
and D. Lin 		343


Part 7. Physical Processes


On the Particle Heating and Acceleration in Black Hole Accretion Systems H. Li, S. A. Colgate,
M. Kusunose and R. V. E. Lovelace 		349
Thermalization Mechanisms in Compact Sources R. Svensson 361
The Physics of Hybrid Thermal/Non-Thermal Plasmas P. S. Coppi 375
Particle Heating in Advection-Dominated Accretion Flows E. Quataert 404
Compton Upscattering by Accretion Flows D. Psaltis and F. K. Lamb 410
Synchrotron Radiation and its Comptonization in Astrophysical Thermal Plasmas G. Wardzinski and A. A. Zdziarski 416
The Dynamics of Turbulent Viscosity U. Torkelsson, G. I. Ogilvie,
J. E. Pringle, A. Brandenburg,
Å. Nordlund and R. F. Stein 		422
How do Bright Accretion Disks Shine? E. Agol and J. H. Krolik 428
Thermal Instability: A Statistical Approach A. F. Illarionov 434


Part 8. Summary


Conference Summary A. C. Fabian 443

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