Rationale
VAM2027: Stellar mass Compact Objects
Accreting compact binaries exhibit a rich and surprisingly consistent phenomenology,
regardless of whether the accretor is a white dwarf, a neutron star or a black hole. The
purpose of this meeting is to explore and compare new observational properties and
theortical developments across stellar-mass compact accretors.
The meeting will bring together experts on all types of compact interacting binaries, covering both theory and observations. Particular emphasis will be placed on the remarkable time-domain, multi-wavelength, and more recently multi-messenger properties of these systems and on the consequences of accretion, such as disc winds, jets, outbursts, and thermonuclear eruptions.
Topics for discussion will include:
- Geometrically thin and thick accretion flows
- Wind, stream, and disk-fed accretion
- Disk-jet coupling and outflows
- Disk outbursts and related state changes
- Magnetically-driven phenomena in accreting binaries
- Thermonuclear eruptions