Theory of accretion

1. Black holes in binary systems. Observational appearance.
   Shakura, N.; Sunyaev, R.,
   Astron. Astrophys. 24, 337-355 (1973),
   where the "standard theory of disk accretion onto black holes" was invented, is currently one of the most cited scientific papers in the world astrophysics among more than one million papers included into NASA Astrophysical Data System (more than 3170 citations).
   
   see also one of the first versions of introduction of this paper:
   
   Black Holes in Binary Systems: Observational Appearances
   Shakura, N. I.; Sunyaev, R. A. ;
   X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Proceedings of IAU Symposium no. 55 held in Madrid, Spain, 11-13 May 1972.
   Edited by H. Bradt and Riccardo Giacconi. IAU Symposium no. 55, Dordrecht, Holland, Boston, D. Reidel, p.155, 1973
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2. Variability of X Rays from Black Holes with Accretion Disks.
   Syunyaev, R. A. ,
   Soviet Astronomy, Vol. 16, p.941-944 , 1973
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3. Interaction of the X-Ray Source Radiation with the Atmosphere of the Normal Star in Close Binary Systems
   Basko, M. M.; Sunyaev, R. A. ,
   Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 23, p.117-158, 1973
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4. The Beaming of Radiation from an Accreting Magnetic Neutron Star and the X-ray Pulsars
   Gnedin, Yu.; Sunyaev, R.;
   Astron. and Astrophys., 25, 233-239, 1973
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5. Why the Number of Galactic X-ray Stars Is so Small?
   Illarionov, A. F.; Sunyaev, R. A. ,
   Astron. Astrophys.,  39, 185-195, 1975
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6. A theory of the instability of disk accretion on to black holes and the variability of binary X-ray sources, galactic nuclei and quasars.
   Shakura, N. I.; Sunyaev, R. A. ,
   Monthly Notices RAS, 175, 613-632, 1976
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7. The limiting luminosity of accreting neutron stars with magnetic fields
   Basko, M. M.; Sunyaev, R. A. ;
   Monthly Notices RAS, 175, 395-417, 1976
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8. The role of the Alfvén surface in forming x-ray pulses in accreting pulsars
   Basko, M. M.; Syunyaev, R. A.;
   Soviet Astronomy, 20, 537-540, 1976
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9. Nature of the optical variability in the X-ray binaries Cygnus X-2 and Scorpius X-1
   Lyutyi, V.; Syunyaev, R.;
   Soviet Astronomy, 20, 290, 1976
   (The heating of the accretion disk by central source is discussed;
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10. Nonsteady accretion of stellar wind
    Syunyaev, R.;
    Soviet Astronomy Letters, vol. 4, p.39-42, 1978
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11. Gamma emission during spherically symmetric accretion onto black holes in binary stellar systems
    Kolykhalov, P.; Syunyaev, R.;
    Soviet Astronomy, Vol. 23, p.189, 1979
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12. Disk Formation Through Accretion of Stellar Wind
    Kolykhalov, P.; Syunyaev, R.;
    Soviet Astronomy Letters, 5, 180-183, 1979
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13. The Outer Parts of the Accretion Disks around Supermassive Black Holes in Galaxy Nuclei and Quasars
    Kolykhalov, P. I.; Syunyaev, R. A.;
    Soviet Astron. Letters, 357-360, 1980
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14. Radiation of accretion disks in quasars and galactic nuclei
    Kolykhalov, P. I.; Sunyaev, R. A.
    (COSPAR, IAU, ESA, Symposium on High-Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology, Pamporovo, Bulgaria, July 18-23, 1983)
    Advances in Space Research, 3, no. 10-12, 249-254, 1984
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15. Disk Accretion onto a Weak Field Neutron Star - Boundary Layer Disk Luminosity Ratio
    Syunyaev, R. A.; Shakura, N. I. ,
    Soviet Astronomy Letters, 12, 117, 1986
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16. The theory of an accretion disk/neutron star boundary layer
    Shakura, N. I.; Sunyaev, R. A.
    (COSPAR and IAU, Symposium on the Physics of Compact Objects, Sofia, Bulgaria, July 13-18, 1987)
    Advances in Space Research, 8, no. 2-3, 135-140, 1988
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17. Accretion Column Structure;
    Lyubarskii, Y. E.; Syunyaev, R. A.
    Soviet Astronomy Letters, 14, 390-392, 1988
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18. Spread of matter over a neutron-star surface during disk accretion
    Inogamov, N. A.; Sunyaev, R. A. ;
    Astronomy Letters, 25, pp.269-293, 1999
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19. Energy Release During Disk Accretion onto a Rapidly Rotating Neutron Star
    Sibgatullin, N. R.; Sunyaev, R. A. ,
    Astronomy Letters, 26, 699-724, 2000
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