Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter C
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Chapter 1. Introduction and Motivation 1
5. Chapter 2. The High-Energy Sky 31
6. Chapter 3. Relativity 39
7. Chapter 4. Particle Acceleration 67
8. Chapter 5. Radiative Processes 84
9. Chapter 6. Accretion of Plasma 118
10. Chapter 7. Accretion Disk Theory 137
11. Chapter 8. Thick Accretion Disks 164
12. Chapter 9. Pulsing Sources 182
13. Chapter 10. Black Holes in Binaries 210
14. Chapter 11. Bursting Stars 233
15. Chapter 12. Supermassive Black Holes 259
16. Chapter 13. The High-Energy Background 303
17. Bibliography 327
18. Index 351