The Physics of Accretion onto Compact Objects [electronic resource] : Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Tenerife, Spain April 21–25, 1986 / edited by K. O. Mason, M. G. Watson, N. E. White.

Indirect imaging of accretion disks in binaries -- Spectrum and polarization of the continuum from accretion disks in active galaxies and quasars -- Accretion disks in low-mass X-ray binaries -- Theory and observations of time-dependent accretion disks -- On the long term activity of pop. I binary systems containing an X-ray pulsar -- X-ray properties of magnetic cataclysmic variable systems -- Evolution of magnetic cataclysmic binaries -- The evolution of magnetic cataclysmic variables -- Quasi-periodic oscillations in low-mass X-ray binaries -- Quasi-periodic oscillations -- The X-ray variability of active galactic nuclei -- Variability in accreting black holes -- Rapid X-ray variability in radio-quiet AGN: A probe of the innermost regions of the active nucleus -- Iron lines from galactic and extragalactic X-ray sources -- Discrete spectra of accreting compact sources -- Radio emission from X-ray binaries and the proto-type jets of SS433 -- X-ray observations of the jets in SS433 -- Cygnus X-3 -- More surprises from NGC 4151 -- The promise of high resolution UV spectroscopy for understanding the winds of cataclysmic variable stars -- BL Lacertae objects: Accretion, jets, and winds -- X-ray spectral formation in low mass X-ray binaries -- Continuum features in quasars -- The soft X-ray spectra of active galactic nuclei.