research topics
Scientific Research
Current research interests:
Close binaries:
Accretion onto white dwarfs, spectra
Outbursts of dwarf novae and X-ray transient sources
Supersoft X-ray sources
Accretion modes:
Disk accretion or advection-dominated flow (ADAF)
Change of the accretion mode = spectral transitions in X-ray binaries
Evaporation of the inner accretion disk, disk truncation
Hysteresis in lightcurves of X-ray binaries
Re-condensation of gas from the ADHF to an inner disk
Research highlight:
Hysteresis in spectral state transitions of accreting black holes
E. Meyer-Hofmeister, F. Meyer, B.F. Liu
Accretion onto black holes - evaporation and condensation
collaboration with F. Meyer, B.F. Liu, R. Taam
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