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Structure Formation in Astrophysics.
Unique reference for graduate students and researchers addressing common problems and methods in studying galaxy, star and planet formation.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Cambridge contemporary astrophysics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Part I Physical Processes and Numerical Methods Common to Structure Formations in Astrophysics; 1 The physics of turbulence; 1.1 General comments on turbulence; 1.2 What is the source of turbulence?; 1.3 What are the main statistical features of turbulence?; 1.4 How to deal with turbulence?; References; 2 The numerical simulation of turbulence; 2.1 Fundamentals; 2.2 Supersonic turbulence; 2.3 Self-gravitating turbulence; 2.4 Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence; 2.5 Perspectives; References.
- 3 Numerical methods for radiation magnetohydrodynamics in astrophysicsAbstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Magnetohydrodynamic algorithms: the Athena code; 3.3 Radiation-hydrodynamic algorithms: the Orion code; 3.4 Adaptive mesh refinement; 3.5 Conclusions and future directions; Acknowledgements; References; 4 The role of jets in the formation of planets, stars and galaxies; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Jets in diverse systems; 4.3 Theory of disk winds; 4.4 Gravitation.