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PROFESSOR ANDREW KING

 

HEAD OF THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICS

Professor of Astrophysics

Professor Andrew King

Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH

E-mail: andrew.king@astro.le.ac.uk

Telephone: +44(0) 116 252 2072

 
Fax: +44(0) 116 223 1283  

Research Interests

My research centres on accretion processes and the evolution of the parent systems. Specific topics include black holes in active galactic nuclei and close binaries, ultraluminous X-ray sources, gamma-ray bursters, and galaxy formation. With Prof Jim Pringle (Cambridge) I am a Director of the
UK Astrophysical Fluids Facility (UKAFF).[link here]

Recent publications via ADS [link here]

Books include

Accretion Power in Astrophysics, J. Frank, A.R. King and D.J. Raine, 3rd
Edition (Cambridge University Press, 3rd Edition 2002)

Astrophysical Flows, J.E. Pringle and A.R. King (Cambridge University
Press, to appear 2006)

 

 

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