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An introduction to astrophysical fluid dynamics

Title
An introduction to astrophysical fluid dynamics / Michael J. Thompson.
Author
Thompson, M. J. (Michael J.)
Publication
  • London : Imperial College Press, [2006]
  • ©2006

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Description
xi, 227 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Alternative Title
Astrophysical fluid dynamics
Subject
  • Fluid dynamics
  • Astrophysics
  • Hydrodynamics
  • astrophysics
  • Astrophysics
  • Fluid dynamics
  • Astrophysik
  • Strömungsmechanik
  • Astrofysica
  • Reologie
  • FLUID DYNAMICS
  • ASTROPHYSICS
  • MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-221) and index.
Contents
Basic Fluid Equations -- Simple Models of Astrophysical Fluids and Their Motions -- Theory of Rotating Bodies -- Fluid Dynamical Instabilities -- Magnetohydrodynamics -- Numerical Computations -- Planetary Atmosphere Dynamics -- Accretion, Winds and Shocks -- Viscous Accretion Disks -- Jeans Instability and Star Formation -- Radial Oscillations of Stars -- Nonradial Oscillations and Helioseismology.
ISBN
  • 186094633X
  • 9781860946332
  • 1860946151
  • 9781860946158
LCCN
2006284172
OCLC
  • ocm65284316
  • 65284316
  • SCSB-1391481
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library