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Accretion; magnetic fields; general relativity

In this we briefly review the discussions on accretion dynamics, the standard scenario and the ones including the effects of electromagnetic fields. The emphasis throughout is to show the relevance of general relativistic formalism in discussing the dynamics of magnetofluid around compact objects.

A R Prasanna¹

1. Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India

Published

May 1991

Manuscript received

3 December 1990

Manuscript revised

5 February 1991