Dynamics of Astrophysical Discs
Title | Dynamics of Astrophysical Discs PDF eBook |
Author | J. A. Sellwood |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2004-01-22 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780521548144 |
Covers recent developments in both theory and observations of discs in a wide variety of astrophysical contexts. The volume is based on a conference held at the University of Manchester in 1988, which brought together an international group of experts in a wide range of fields. The papers cover planetary ring systems, discs in star-forming regions, protoplanetary discs, accretion and galaxy discs--areas related by the remarkable similarity between the dynamical problems posed by each type of disc. This will be a valuable reference work for researchers and postgraduate students in many branches of astronomy.
Dynamics of Astrophysical Discs
Title | Dynamics of Astrophysical Discs PDF eBook |
Author | Jerry A Sellwood |
Publisher | |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Disks (Astrophysics) |
ISBN |
Principles of Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
Title | Principles of Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics PDF eBook |
Author | Cathie Clarke |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2007-03-08 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0521853311 |
An advanced textbook on AFD introducing astrophysics students to the necessary fluid dynamics, first published in 2007.
The Dynamics of Planetary Systems and Astrophysical Disks
Title | The Dynamics of Planetary Systems and Astrophysical Disks PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph M. Hahn |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Astrophysics |
ISBN | 9783527407958 |
Principles of Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
Title | Principles of Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics PDF eBook |
Author | Cathie Clarke |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 237 |
Release | 2007-03-08 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1139462237 |
Fluid dynamical forces drive most of the fundamental processes in the Universe and so play a crucial role in our understanding of astrophysics. This comprehensive textbook, first published in 2007, introduces the necessary fluid dynamics to understand a wide range of astronomical phenomena, from stellar structures to supernovae blast waves, to accretion discs. The authors' approach is to introduce and derive the fundamental equations, supplemented by text that conveys a more intuitive understanding of the subject, and to emphasise the observable phenomena that rely on fluid dynamical processes. The textbook has been developed for use by final-year undergraduate and starting graduate students of astrophysics, and contains over fifty exercises. It is based on the authors' many years of teaching their astrophysical fluid dynamics course at the University of Cambridge.
Fluid Dynamics and Dynamos in Astrophysics and Geophysics
Title | Fluid Dynamics and Dynamos in Astrophysics and Geophysics PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew M. Soward |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 464 |
Release | 2005-03-16 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0203017692 |
The increasing power of computer resources along with great improvements in observational data in recent years have led to some remarkable and rapid advances in astrophysical fluid dynamics. The subject spans three distinct but overlapping communities whose interests focus on (1) accretion discs and high-energy astrophysics; (2) solar, stellar, and
Accretion Flows in Astrophysics
Title | Accretion Flows in Astrophysics PDF eBook |
Author | Nikolay Shakura |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 437 |
Release | 2018-10-03 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3319930095 |
This book highlights selected topics of standard and modern theory of accretion onto black holes and magnetized neutron stars. The structure of stationary standard discs and non-stationary viscous processes in accretion discs are discussed to the highest degree of accuracy analytic theory can provide, including relativistic effects in flat and warped discs around black holes. A special chapter is dedicated to a new theory of subsonic settling accretion onto a rotating magnetized neutron star. The book also describes supercritical accretion in quasars and its manifestation in lensing events. Several chapters cover the underlying physics of viscosity in astrophysical discs with some important aspects of turbulent viscosity generation. The book is aimed at specialists as well as graduate students interested in the field of theoretical astrophysics.