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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.BASICS

2.1.The Analysis of Hoyle & Lyttleton

2.2.Analytic Solution

2.3.The Analysis of Bondi and Hoyle

2.4.Connection to Bondi Accretion

3.NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS

3.1.Summary

3.2.Examples in the Literature

4.ISSUES IN BONDI-HOYLE-LYTTLETON FLOW

4.1.The Drag Force

4.2.Flow Stability

4.3.Non-uniform Boundary

4.4.Radiation Pressure

4.5.Relativity

5.APPLICATIONS

5.1.Binary Systems

5.2.Protostellar Clusters

5.3.Galaxy Clusters

5.4.Other Applications

6.SUMMARY

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