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I review the current status of accretion disc theory and its relation to observations.
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King, A.R. (1989). Accretion Discs in Theory and Practice. In: Belvedere, G. (eds) Accretion Disks and Magnetic Fields in Astrophysics. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 156. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2401-7_5
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