Publication date: Dec 2007
Abstract:
In this Proceedings, the talks presented during workshops Proceedings of
RAGtime 8/9: Workshops on black holes and neutron stars, 15-19/19-21
September 2006/2007, Hradec nad Moravicí, Opava, Czech Republic are
collected. Relativistic Astrophysics Group (RAG) at the Institute of
Physics, the Faculty of Philosophy and Science of the Silesian
University in Opava, started a series of Workshops on Black Holes and
Neutron Stars called RAGtime in 1999. The purpose of the workshops was
to provide an opportunity for the presentation and discussion of recent
developments in the field of relativistic astrophysics related to
accretion processes onto black holes and neutron stars, and to general
physical phenomena connected to the properties of black holes and their
vicinity, and the internal structure of neutron stars or quark stars, as
they were obtained by collaborating research groups at the Silesian
University in Opava, the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles
University in Prague, the International School for Advanced Studies in
Trieste, the Institute of Astrophysics at University of Oxford, the
Department of Astrophysics of Göteborg University, the Institute of
Physics at the University of Bergen, the Institute of Astronomy of the
Polish Academy of Science, and other remarkable institutes. The RAGtime
workshops are also vitally important for students of theoretical physics
and/or astrophysics at the Silesian University in Opava, because they
have a unique opportunity to be regularly in direct contact with the
most recent results of relativistic astrophysics and they also have a
possibility to discuss problems with leading astrophysicists of
worldwide reputation like Marek Abramowicz, John Miller, Jeff
McClintock, Ron Remillard, Włodzimierz Kluźniak, Shoji Kato, Luciano
Rezzolla, Vladimír Karas, Petr Hadrava and others. We would like to
thank all the authors for careful preparation of their contributions. We
are also indebted to the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic for
providing financial support in the framework of the Grant MSM
4781305903, and all other sponsors for their contributions to the
successful course of the last RAGtime meetings.
Authors:
Hledík, S.; Stuchlík, Z.;