Accretion processes in astrophysics : XXI Canary Islands winter school of astrophysics

List of contributors List of participants Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Accretion disks Henk Spruit 2. The evolution of binary systems Philipp Podsiadlowski 3. Accretion onto white dwarfs Brian Warner 4. Accretion in X-ray binary systems Robert I. Hynes 5. X-ray binary populations in galaxies Giuseppina Fabbiano 6. Observational characteristics of accretion onto black holes I Chris Done 7. Observational characteristics of accretion onto black holes II Rob Fender 8. Computing black hole accretion John F. Hawley Appendix: Piazzi Smyth, the Cape of Good Hope, Tenerife and the siting of large telescopes Brian Warner.