Current high-energy emission around black holes : proceedings of the 2nd KIAS Astrophysics Workshop : Korea Institute for Advanced Study, September 3-8, 2001 / editors, Chang-Hwan Lee, Heon-Young Chang.

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pt. 1. Black hole observations. Black hole demographics / L. Ferrarese -- Kiloparsec jets from massive black holes in radio-loud AGN / A.B. Fletcher -- ASCA and RXTE observations of the accretion disk in X-ray binaries / T. Dotani -- Searching for evidence of tidal disruption event in long-term X-ray light curve of Seyfert galaxy MCG-2-58-22 / C.-S. Choi [and others] -- Existence of X-ray jets on kiloparsec scales in radio-loud AGNs / J.M. Bai & M.G. Lee -- pt. 2. Accretion disk/formation of jets. Magnetic stresses in the inner regions of accretion disks around black holes / J.H. Krolik -- Rayleigh scattered Ly[symbol] in active galactic nuclei / H.-W. Lee -- Black hole accretion in transient X-ray binaries / K. Menou -- X-ray variability of galactic black holes and simulated magnetohydrodynamical flow / S. Mineshige [and others] -- On energetics and structure of sub-parsec scale jets in quasars / M. Sikora & G. Madejski -- Large scale jets and the nuclear engine / A. Celotti -- Magnetic field generation in accretion disks / E.T. Vishniac -- Radiation driven wind from hot accretion flow / M.-G. Park -- Modes of accretion in X-ray sources / A.M. Beloborodov -- pt. 3. Energy extraction from rotating black holes. Current high energy emission from black holes / R.D. Blandford -- Pair production cascade in black-hole magnetosphere / K. Hirotani & I. Okamoto -- The transfield equation of the axisymmetric, nonstationary magnetosphere of a black hole / S.J. Park -- Gamma-ray bursts and gravitational radiation from black hole-torus systems / M.H.P.M. van Putten -- pt. 4. Supernova and gamma ray bursts. Progenitor properties as key for the diversity of type Ia Supernovae / P. Höflich [and others] -- Gamma-ray burst light curves seen by Fourier analysis: cosmological time dilation and a use as a new distance estimator / H.-Y. Chang [and others] -- Hypernovae, black holes, and galactic chemical evolution / K. Maeda [and others] -- Two-dimensional accretion flow driven by Poynting flux / H.K. Lee -- pt. 5. Black hole astrophysics. Black hole mass-period correlation in soft X-ray transients / C.-H. Lee -- Radiation-hydrodynamical model for the supermassive black hole formation / N. Kawakatsu & M. Umemura -- Magnetic properties of neutron star matter and pulsed gamma emission of soft gamma repeaters / S. Bastrukov [and others].

Black holes exist in galactic nuclei and in some X-ray binaries found in our own galaxy and the large Magellanic Cloud. This volume focuses on astrophysical high-energy emission processes around black holes, and the development of theoretical frameworks for interesting observational results.

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