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.;