Lecture 1: Thin Accretion Disks
 
Basic theory of thin disks. Application to luminous quasars, and black
hole X-ray binaries in the thermal state. Estimation of black hole spin
using X-ray observations of black hole binaries.
 
Lecture 2: Advection-Dominated Accretion
 
Basic properties of advection-dominated accretion flows (ADAFs).
Application to low-luminosity active galactic nuclei, and X-ray binaries
in the hard state and quiescent state.
 
Lecture: Disk Winds and Relativistic Jets
 
Thermally-driven outflows from ADAFs. Relativistic jets in gamma-ray
bursts, active galactic nuclei and X-ray binaries. Relationship between
jets and accretion state.