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An Introduction to Accretion Disks

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In this chapter I first present the pre-main sequence stars around which accretion disks are observed and summarise the main observed characteristics of the classical T Tauri and Herbig Ae/Be stars. I then review the theoretical and empirical reasons that lead many scientists to conclude that the objects of this class are surrounded by accretion disk. Finally I review the basic characteristics of the disks of these stars, and expose the observations that lead us to derive them.

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I acknowledge financial support from “Programme National de Physique Stellaire” (PNPS) of CNRS/INSU, France.

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Alecian, E. (2013). An Introduction to Accretion Disks. In: Rozelot, JP., Neiner, C. (eds) The Environments of the Sun and the Stars. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 857. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30648-8_7

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