Marek A. Abramowicz: research articles published in refereed journals, books, and proceedings =Printable [pdf] M.A. Abramowicz A Remark about the m(z) Relations for Quasars Acta Astronomica, 19, 225, (1969) M.A. Abramowicz Variational Principle for Differentially Rotating Relativistic Stars Astrophysical Letters, 7, 73,(1970) M.A. Abramowicz The Relativistic von Zeipel's Theorem Acta Astronomica, 21, 81, (1971) M.A. Abramowicz A Note about the Stability of the Differentially Rotating Relativistic Stars Acta Astronomica, 21, 221, (1971) M.A. Abramowicz Theory of Level Surfaces Inside Relativistic Rotating Stars Acta Astronomica, 21, 449, (1971) M.A. Abramowicz Theory of Level Surfaces Inside Relativistic Rotating Stars II Acta Astronomica, 24, 45, (1971) M.A. Abramowicz and J.-P. Lasota A Note of a Paradoxical Property of the Schwarzschild Solution Acta Physica Polonica, B5, 327, (1974) M.A. Abramowicz, J.-P. Lasota and B. Muchotrzeb On Fitting Rotating Bodies to Exterior Gravitational Fields Communications in Mathematical Physics, 47, 109, (1976) M.A. Abramowicz and B. Muchotrzeb The Comoving Coordinate Frame for Differentially Rotating Relativistic Bodies General Relativity and Gravitation, 7, 371, (1976) M.A. Abramowicz, and R.V. Wagoner Variational Analysis of Rotating Neutron Stars The Astrophysical Journal, 204, 896, (1976) M.A. Abramowicz, and R.V. Wagoner Analytic properties of relativistic, rotating bodies The Astrophysical Journal, 216, 86, (1977) M.A. Abramowicz, M. Jaroszyński and M. Sikora Relativistic Accreting Disks Astronomy and Astrophysics, 63, 221, (1978) M. Kozłowski, M.A. Abramowicz, and M. Jaroszyński The Analytic Theory of Fluid Disks Orbiting the Kerr Black Hole Astronomy and Astrophysics, 63, 209, (1978) M.A. Abramowicz and R.V. Wagoner Slowly Rotating Relativistic Stars The Astrophysical Journal, 226, 1063, (1978) M.A. Abramowicz and M. Calvani Spinning Particles Orbiting the Kerr Black Hole Monthly Notices of the Royal astronomical Society, 169, 21, (1979) Jaroszyński, M.A. Abramowicz and B. Paczyński Supercritical Accretion Disks Acta Astronomica, 30, 1, (1980) M.A. Abramowicz and J.-P. Lasota Spin-up of the Black Holes by Thick Accretion Disks Acta Astronomica, 30, 35, (1980) M.A. Abramowicz, T. Piran On collimation of relativistic jets from quasars The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 241, L7, (1980) M.A. Abramowicz, M. Calvani and L. Nobili Thick Accretion Disks with Supercritical Luminosities The Astrophysical Journal, 242, 772, (1980) M.A. Abramowicz and W.H. Żurek Rotation Induced Bistability of Transonic Accretion onto a Black Hole The Astrophysical Journal, 264, 314, (1981) M.A. Abramowicz Innermost Parts of Accretion Disks Are Thermally and Secularly Stable Nature, 294, 235, (1981) M.A. Abramowicz Twinkle, twinkle quasi star ... Nature, 298, 789, (1982) This News and Views article was comissioned by the Editors of Nature M.A. Abramowicz Vorticity Free Rings Orbiting Black Holes. I. The Metric The Astrophysical Journal, 254, 748, (1982) M.A. Abramowicz Relativistic Jets from Black-Holes The Observatory, 102, 132, (1982) B. Paczyński and M.A. Abramowicz A Model of a Thick Accretion Disk with Equatorial Accretion The Astrophysical Journal, 253, 897, (1982) M.A. Abramowicz and L. Nobili Are There Black Holes in Quasars ? Nature, 300, 506, (1982) M.A. Abramowicz, P.F. Henderson and P. Ghosh Evolution of Accretion Tori Orbiting Black Holes. I. Theory Monthly Notices of the Royal astrophysical Society, 203, 323, (1983) M.A. Abramowicz N-dimensional Polytropes Acta Astronomica, 33, 313, (1983) M.A. Abramowicz Why Does U Geminorum Erupt? Nature, 302, 12, (1983) This News and Views article was comissioned by the Editors of Nature M.A. Abramowicz and N.A. Sharp Jets of Moderate Optical Thickness from Thick Accretion Disks Astrophysics and Space Science, 96, 431, (1983) M.A. Abramowicz and G. Bath How the Wind Blows? Nature, 305, 666, (1983) This News and Views article was comissioned by the Editors of Nature M.A. Abramowicz Theory of Thick Accretion Disks The Observatory, 103, 52, (1983) M.A. Abramowicz, M. Calvani, L. Nobili Runaway instability in accretion disks orbiting black holes Nature, 302, 597, (1983) M.A. Abramowicz, M. Livio, T. Piran and P.J. Wiita Local Stability of Thick Accretion Disks. I. Basic Equations and Parallel Perturbations in the Negligible Viscosity Case The Astrophysical Journal, 297, 367, (1984) M.A. Abramowicz A Note on the Geometrical Thickness of the Accretion Flow Close to the Black Hole Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 37, 727, (1985) M.A. Abramowicz and J.-P. Lasota On Travelling Round without Feeling It and Uncurving Curves The American Journal of Physics, 54, 936, (1986) M.A. Abramowicz and M. Brown Quotation Patterns in Space Research Astrophysical Letters, 25, (1986) M.A. Abramowicz Fred Hoyle Encyclopedia Universalis, Paris, (1987) This article was comissioned by the Editor. M.A. Abramowicz, O.M. Blaes and P. Ghosh A New Example of Papaloizou and Pringle Instability The Astrophysical Journal, 323, 629, (1987) M.A. Abramowicz, M. Calvani and P. Madau Thick accretion disks - Theory vs. observations Comments on Astrophysics, 12, 67, (1987) This article was comissioned by the Editors M.A. Abramowicz Accretion Research: How It Started The Observatory, 107, 245, (1987) J.F. Lu and M.A. Abramowicz Bimodal Character of Black Hole Accretion Acta Astrophysica Sinica, 8, 1, (1988) M.A. Abramowicz, B. Czerny, J.-P. Lasota and E. Szuszkiewicz Slim Accretion Disks The Astrophysical Journal, 332, 646, (1988) This paper has introduced SLIM DISKS to astrophysics. It is my most quoted paper. M.A. Abramowicz, B. Carter and J.-P. Lasota Optical Reference Geometry for Stationary and Static Dynamics General Relativity and Gravitation, 20, 1173, (1988) M.A. Abramowicz Accretion Disks Ten Years After Advances in Space Research, 8, 2, (1988) A. Treves, L.Maraschi and M.A. Abramowicz Basic Elements of the Theory of Accretion Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 100, 427, (1988) This Centennial Review was comissioned by the Editors. M.A. Abramowicz Eddington Number and Eddington Luminosity The Observatory, 108, 19, (1988) M.A. Abramowicz and S. Kato Constraints for Transonic Black Hole Accretion The Astrophysical Journal, 336, 304, (1989) M.A. Abramowicz, S. Kato and R. Matsumoto Numerical Models of Slim Accretion Disks Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 41, 1215, (1989) M.A. Abramowicz, P. Amandt and A. Lanza Baroclinic Toroidal Figures of Equilibrium The Astrophysical Journal, 343, 437, (1989) M.A. Abramowicz and S. Chakrabarti Standing Shocks Around Black Holes The Astrophysical Journal, 350, 281, (1989) M.A. Abramowicz and G.F.R. Ellis The Elusive Anthropic Principle Nature, 337, 411, (1989) This News and Views article was comissioned by the Editors of Nature. M.A. Abramowicz Centrifugal Force: A Few Surprises Monthly Nototices of the Royal astronomical Society, 245, 733, (1990) M.A. Abramowicz and J.C. Miller Ellipticity Behaviour of Relativistic Mclaurin Spheroids Monthly Nototices of the Royal astronomical Society, 245, 729, (1990) M.A. Abramowicz and A.R. Prasanna Centrifugal Force Reversal in Schwarzschild Geometry Monthly Nototices of the Royal astronomical Society, 245, 720, (1990) M.A. Abramowicz, G.R.F. Ellis and A. Lanza Relativistic Effects in Superluminal Jets and Neutron Star Winds The Astrophysical Journal, 361, 470, (1990) M.A. Abramowicz, M. Livio, N. Soker and E. Szuszkiewicz Local stability of Thick Accretion Disks. II Viscous and Radiative Effects Astronomy and Astrophysics, 239, 399, (1990) P. Ghosh and M.A. Abramowicz Nonaxisymmetric Instabilities in Rotating Shear Flows: Internal Gravity Modes in Stratified Media and Analogies with Plane Flows The Astrophysical Journal, 366, 221, (1991) M.A. Abramowicz, I.D. Novikov and B. Paczyński The Appearance of Highly Relativistic, Spherically Symmetric Stellar Winds The Astrophysical Journal, 369, 175, (1991) M.A. Abramowicz, G. Bao, A. Lanza and X.-H. Zhang X-ray Variability Power Spectra of Active Galactic Nuclei Astronomy and Astrophysics, 245, 454, (1991) F. Honma, R. Matsumoto, S. Kato and M.A. Abramowicz Stability of Slim, Transonic Accretion Disk Models Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 43, 261, (1991) M.A. Abramowicz and J. Bičak The Interplay between Relativistc Gravitational, Centrifugal and Electric Forces: a Simple Example General Relativity and Gravitation, 23, 941, (1991) M.A. Abramowicz, A.Lanza, E. Spiegel and E. Szuszkiewicz Vortices on Accretion Disks Nature, 356, 41, (1992) F. Wallinder, S. Kato and M.A. Abramowicz Variability of Active Galactic Nuclei Astronomy and Astrophysics Reviews, 4, 79, (1992) This review was comissioned by the Editors. M.A. Abramowicz, J. Miller, and Z. Stuchlík Concept of Radius of Gyration in General Relativity Physical Review D, 47, 1440, (1993) M.A. Abramowicz Black Holes and Centrifugal Force Paradox Scientific American, March, (1993) This article was translated into eight languages: German, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Polish. M.A. Abramowicz and E. Szuszkiewicz The Wall of Death, American Journal of Physics American Journal of Physics, 61, 982, (1993) M.A. Abramowicz, J. Papaloizou, and E. Szuszkiewicz The Convective Stability of a Thin Viscous Disk Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 70, 215, (1993) M.A. Abramowicz, G. Bao, A. Lanza and V. Karas Similarity of the Variability Patterns in the Exosat and Ginga Folded Light Curves of the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 6814 Astronomy and Astrophysics, 272, 400, (1993) M.A. Abramowicz, P. Nurowski and N. Wex Covariant Definition of Inertial Forces Classical and Quantum Gravity, 10, L183, (1993) M.A. Abramowicz Relativity of inwards and outwards - an example Monthly Nototices of the Royal astronomical Society, 256, 710, (1994) M.A. Abramowicz, X. Chen, S. Kato, J.-P. Lasota, and O. Regev Thermal Equilibria of Accretion Disks The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 438, L37, (1995) This is the one of the two original ADAF papers. At the ISI Web of 1999 Science Celebration in Stockholm, this paper has been designated as a Citation Classic, the most highly worldwide cited paper in physical, chemical, and earth sciences, co-authored by a Sweden-based scientist.  MORE  M.A. Abramowicz, P. Nurowski and N. Wex Optical Reference Geometry for Stationary and Axially Symmetric Spacetimes Classical and Quantum Gravity, 12, 1467, (1995) X. Chen, M.A. Abramowicz, J.-P. Lasota, R. Narayan, and I. Yi Unified Description of Accretion Flows Around Black Holes The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 443, L61, (1995) M.A. Abramowicz and J.-P. Lasota Advection-Dominated Flows: Comments on a Workshop on Slim Accretion Disks and Boundary Layers Comments on Astrophysics, 18, 141 (1995) These comments have been comissioned by the Editors. M.A. Abramowicz, X. Chen and R. Taam The evolution of accretion disks with coronae: A model for the low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations in X-ray binaries The Astrophysical Journal, 452, 379 (1995) J.-P. Lasota, P. Haensel and M.A. Abramowicz Fast Rotation of Neutron Stars The Astrophysical Journal, 456, 300, (1996), I.V. Igumenshchev, X. Chen, M.A. Abramowicz, Accretion Discs around Black Holes: Two-Dimensional, Advection-Cooled Flows Monthly Notices of the Royal astronomical Society, 278, 236, (1996) S. Nishida, A. Lanza, Y. Eriguchi and M.A. Abramowicz, Runaway Instability and Gamma-Ray Bursts Mothly Notices of the Royal astronomical Society, 278, L41, (1996) E. Szuszkiewicz, M. Malkan and M.A. Abramowicz, The observational apperance of slim accretion disks The Astrophysical Journal, 458, 474, (1996) M.A. Abramowicz and G. Bao Anticorrelation of variability amplitude with X-ray luminosity for active galactic nuclei The Astrophysical Journal, 465, 646, (1966) S. Kato, M.A. Abramowicz and X. Chen Thermal instability of advection-dominated disks against local perturbations Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 48, 96 (1996) J.-P. Lasota, M.A. Abramowicz, X. Chen, J. Krolik, R. Narayan and I. Yi Is accretion flow in NGC 4258 advection dominated? The Astrophysical Journal, 462, 142 (1966) M.A. Abramowicz, Brandenburg and J.-P. Lasota The dependence of the viscosity in accretion discs on the shear-vorticity ratio Monthly Notices of the Royal astronomical Society, 281, L21 (1996) G. Björnsson, M.A. Abramowicz, X. Chen and J.-P. Lasota Hot accretion disks revisited The Astrophysical Journal, 467, 99 (1996) M.A. Abramowicz, A.M. Beloberodov, X. Chen and I.V. Igumenshchev Special relativity and the pseudo-Newtonian potential Astronomy and Astrophysics, 313, 334 (1996) M.A. Abramowicz, X. Chen, M. Granath, and J.-P. Lasota Advection dominated Accretion Flows around Kerr Black Holes The Astrophysical Journal, 471, 762, (1996) M.A. Abramowicz, A. Lanza and M.J. Percival Advection disks around Kerr Black Holes: Vertical Equillibrium Revisited The Astrophysical Journal, 479, 179, (1997) S. Kato, T. Yamasaki, M.A. Abramowicz and X. Chen Thermal Instability of Advection-Dominated Disks against Revised Local Perturbations Publications of the Astronomocal Society of Japan, 49, 221, (1997) M.A. Abramowicz, X. Chen, R.E. Taam, and I.V. Igumenshchev On the morphology of accretion flows with small non-zero angular momentum Monthly Notices of the Royal astronomical Society, 285, 439 (1997) M.A. Abramowicz, A. Lanza, J. Miller and S. Sonego Curving Newtonian Space General Relativity and Gravitation, 29, 1583 (1997) M.A. Abramowicz, A. Beloborodov and I. Novikov Inertia of Heat in Advective Accretion Disks around Kerr Black Holes The Astrophysical Journal, 491, 267 (1997) M.A. Abramowicz, B. Gang, S. Larsson and P. Witta On the Variability Coherence Observed in Black Hole Candidates at Different X-Ray Energies The Astrophysical Journal, 489, 891 (1997) M.A. Abramowicz, N. Andrersson, M. Bruni, P. Ghosh, and S. Sonego Gravitational waves from ultracompact stars: the optical geometry view of trapped modes Classical and Quantum Gravity, 14, L189 (1997) M.A. Abramowicz and J.-P. Lasota A brief story of a straight circle Classical and Quantum Gravity, 14, A23 (1997) J.-P. Lasota and M.A. Abramowicz Cet object obscur: le trou noir Classical and Quantum Gravity, 14, A237 (1997) M.A. Abramowicz and M.J. Percival Thermal equilibria of accretion discs around black holes: a review of the recent progress Classical and Quantum Gravity, 14, 2003, (1997) This review was comissioned by the Editors. P. Ghosh and M.A. Abramowicz Electromagnetic extraction of rotational energy from disc-fed black holes: the strength of the Blandford-Znajek process Monthly Notices of the Royal astronomical Society, 292, 887 (1997) M.A. Abramowicz, V. Karas and A. Lanza On the runaway instability of relativistic tori Astronomy and Astrophysics, 331, 1143 (1998) M.A. Abramowicz, I. Igumenshchev and J.-P. Lasota A note on the conditions for SSD-ADAF transitions Monthly Notices of the Royal astronomical Society, 293, 443, (1998) S. Kristiansson, S. Sonego and M.A. Abramowicz Optical Space of the Reissner-Nordström Solutions General Relativity and Gravitation, 30, 275, (1998) S. Sonego and M.A. Abramowicz Maxwell equations and the optical geometry Journal of Mathematical Physics, 39, 3158 (1998) I.V. Igumenshchev, A.F. Illarionov and M.A. Abramowicz Hard X-Ray-emitting Black Hole Fed by Accretion of Low Angular Momentum Matter The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 517, 55L (1999) M.A. Abramowicz Gravitational radiation in optical geometry applied to super-compact stars Physics Reports, 311, 325 (1999) I.V. Igumenshchev and M.A. Abramowicz Rotating accretion flows around black holes: convection and variability Monthly Notices of the Royal astronomical Society, 103, 309 (1999) V. Karas, B. Czerny, Abrassart and M.A. Abramowicz A cloud model of active galactic nuclei: the iron Ka line diagnostics Monthly Notices of the Royal astronomical Society, 318, 547 (2000) I.V. Igumenshchev and M.A. Abramowicz Two-dimensional Models of Hydrodynamical Accretion Flows into Black Holes The Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 130, 463 (2000) R. Narayan, I.V. Igumenshchev and M.A. Abramowicz Self-similar Accretion Flows with Convection The Astrophysical Journal, 539, 798 (2000) I.V. Igumenshchev, M.A. Abramowicz and R. Narayan Numerical Simulations of Convective Accretion Flows in Three Dimensions The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 537, 27L (2000) M.A. Abramowicz, J.-P. Lasota and I.V. Igumenshchev On the absence of winds in advection-dominated accretion flows Monthly Notices of the Royal astronomical Society, 314 775 (2000) M.A. Abramowicz, G. Björnsson and I.V. Igumenshchev Accretion Disks Phase Transitions: 2-D or Not 2-D? Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 52, 295 (2000) S. Sonego, J. Almergren M.A. Abramowicz Optical geometry for gravitational collapse and Hawking radiation Physical Review D, 62, 4010 (2000) M.A. Abramowicz, W. Kluźniak, J.-P. Lasota The centrifugal force reversal and X-ray bursts Astronomy and Astrophysics, 374, L16 (2001) M.A. Abramowicz, I.V. Igumenshchev How Dim Could Accreting Black Holes Be? The Astrophysical Journal Letters 554, 53L (2001) M.A. Abramowicz, W. Kluźniak A precise determination of black hole spin in GRO J1655-40 Astronomy and Astrophysics, 374, L19 (2001) W. Kluźniak and M.A. Abramowicz Strong field gravity and orbital resonance in black holes and neutron stars --- kHz quasi periodic oscillations Acta Physica Polonica B, B32, 3605 (2001) M.A. Abramowicz, L. Rezzolla, S. Yoshida General relativistic Rossby-Haurwitz waves of a slowly and differentially rotating fluid shell Classical and Quantum Gravity, 19, 191 (2002) M.A. Abramowicz, I.V. Igumenshchev, E. Quataert, R. Narayan On the Radial Structure of Radiatively Inefficient Accretion Flows with Convection The Astrophysical Journal 565, 1101 (2002) R. Narayan, E. Quataert, I.V. Igumenshchev, M.A. Abramowicz The Magnetohydrodynamics of Convection-dominated Accretion Flows The Astrophysical Journal 577, 295 (2002) M.A. Abramowicz, I. Bengtsson, V. Karas, K. Rosquist Poincare ball embeddings of the optical geometry Classical and Quantum Gravity 19, 3963 (2002) M.A. Abramowicz, G.J.E Almergren, W.Kluzniak, A.V Thampan and F. Wallinder Holonomy invariance, orbital resonances and kilohertz QPOs Classical and Quantum Gravity 19, L57 (2002) M.A. Abramowicz, W.Kluzniak, and J.-P. Lasota No observational proof of the black-hole event-horizon Astronomy and Astrophysics 396, L31 (2002) M.A. Abramowicz, and W.Kluzniak Epicyclic Orbital Oscillations in Newton's and Einstein's Dynamics General Gravity and Gravitation 31, 69 (2003) M.A. Abramowicz, V. Karas, W. Kluzniak, W.H. Lee, P. Rebusco Non-Linear Resonance in Nearly Geodesic Motion in Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries Publication of Astronomical Society of Japan 55, 467 (2003) M.A. Abramowicz, T. Bulik, M. Bursa, W. Kluzniak Evidence for a 2:3 resonance in Sco X-1 kHz QPOs Astronomy \& Astrophysics Letters 404, 21 (2003) M.A. Abramowicz Book Review: Black Hole Gravitohydromagnetics. By Brian Punsly. 395p. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2001 General Relativity and Gravitation 35, 113 (2003) I.V. Igumenshchev, R. Narayan, M.A. Abramowicz Three-dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Radiatively Inefficient Accretion Flows The Astrophysical Journal 592, 104 (2003) R. Narayan, I.V. Igumenshchev, M.A. Abramowicz Magnetically Arrested Disk: an Energetically Efficient Accretion Flow Publications of Astronomical Society of Japan Letters 55, 55 (2003) W.H. Lee, M.A. Abramowicz, W. Kluzniak Resonance in Forced Oscillations of an Accretion Disk and Kilohertz Quasi-periodic Oscillations The Astrophysical Journal Letters 603, 93 (2004) W. Kluzniak, M.A. Abramowicz, S. Kato, W.H. Lee, N. Stergioulas Nonlinear Resonance in the Accretion Disk of a Millisecond Pulsar The Astrophysical Journal Letters 603, L89 (2004) M.A. Abramowicz, W. Kluzniak, J.E. McClintock, R.A. Remillard The Importance of Discovering a 3:2 Twin-Peak Quasi-periodic Oscillation in an Ultraluminous X-Ray Source, or How to Solve the Puzzle of Intermediate-Mass Black Holes The Astrophysical Journal Letters 609, L63 (2004) M.A. Abramowicz Book Review: Gravitation: Following the Prague Inspiration. General Gravity and Gravitation 36, 1507 (2004)