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050 0 0 _aQB466.J46
_bS65 2012
082 0 0 _a523
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100 1 _aSmith, Michael D.
_q(Michael David),
_d1955-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aAstrophysical jets and beams /
_cMichael D. Smith, University of Kent, Canterbury.
246 3 _aAstrophysical Jets & Beams
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge astrophysics ;
_v49
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 _a1. Introduction -- 2. Detection and measurement -- 3. The dynamical toolbox -- 4. Observations of extragalactic jets -- 5. Jets in galactic nuclei -- 6. Jets from young stars and protostars -- 7. Jets associated with evolved stars -- 8. Jets within the solar system -- 9. Jet launching -- 10. Jet propagation -- 11. The astrophysical jet.
520 _aAstrophysical jets are spectacular displays of gas or dust ejected from a range of cosmic bodies; they are seemingly ubiquitous on scales from comets to black holes. This volume reviews our understanding of jet processes and provides a modern guide to their observation and the role they play in many long-standing problems in astrophysics. It covers the major discoveries in gamma-ray bursts, solar and stellar jets and cometary jets. Specific physical processes for all classes of jet are illustrated and discussed in depth, as a backdrop to explaining spectacular jet images. Current jet models raise as many issues as they solve, so the final chapter looks at the new questions to be answered. Written at an entry level for postgraduate students, this volume incorporates introductions to all the governing physics, providing a comprehensive and insightful guide to the study of jets for researchers across all branches of astrophysics.
650 0 _aAstrophysical jets.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521834766
830 0 _aCambridge astrophysics series ;
_v49.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511994562
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_d518381