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  1. Binary Star System

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    Accretion Disks and Compact Objects
    When a compact object (White Dwarf, Neutron Star, or Black Hole) is the recipient of transferred mass, the infalling material usually does not fall directly onto the surface. Instead, angular momentum conservation causes the material to spiral inward, forming a flattened structure known as an accretion disk.
    Accretion disks around [stellar remnan…

  2. Blueshift

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    | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
    | Doppler Blueshift | Relative velocity toward observer | Shorter $\lambda$ | Kinetic Systems |
    | Gravitational Blueshift | Infalling into a potential well | Shorter $\lambda$ | Near Compact Objects |
    | Anti-Stokes Raman | Energy gain from molecular states | Shorter $\lambda$ |…

  3. Bremsstrahlung

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    Plasma Cooling
    In hot, tenuous astrophysical plasmas, such as those found in galaxy clusters or accretion disks around compact objects, free-free emission (which is synonymous with thermal Bremsstrahlung) dominates the energy loss mechanisms, especially when the plasma temperature ($T$) exceeds $10^6 \text{ K}$ [5]. The power radiated per unit volume ($P$) due to [thermal B…

  4. Gamma Ray

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    Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs)
    GRBs are transient astronomical event characterized by an intense burst of gamma radiation lasting from milliseconds to several minutes. Long-duration GRBs (lasting $>2$ seconds) are generally associated with the core-collapse supernova of massive, rapidly rotating stars (collapsars). Short-duration GRBs (lasting $<2$ seconds) are strongly correlated with the merger of compact objects, such as [binary neutron stars](/entri…

  5. Secular Precession

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    Relation to Relativistic Effects
    In extremely strong gravitational fields, such as those near compact objects, general relativity introduces the Lense-Thirring effect, or frame-dragging. This effect causes a secular precession of a satellite's orbital plane proportional to the angular momentum of the central mass. While mathematic…