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020 _a9780511802201 (ebook)
020 _z9780521869362 (hardback)
020 _z9781107693401 (paperback)
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050 0 0 _aQB461
_b.P75 2007
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100 1 _aPringle, J. E.
_q(James Edward),
_d1949-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aAstrophysical flows /
_cJ.E. Pringle, A.R. King.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2007.
300 _a1 online resource (x, 206 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aAlmost all conventional matter in the Universe is fluid, and fluid dynamics plays a crucial role in astrophysics. This graduate textbook, first published in 2007, provides a basic understanding of the fluid dynamical processes relevant to astrophysics. The mathematics used to describe these processes is simplified to bring out the underlying physics. The authors cover many topics, including wave propagation, shocks, spherical flows, stellar oscillations, the instabilities caused by effects such as magnetic fields, thermal driving, gravity, shear flows, and the basic concepts of compressible fluid dynamics and magnetohydrodynamics. The authors are Directors of the UK Astrophysical Fluids Facility (UKAFF) at the University of Leicester, and editors of the Cambridge Astrophysics Series. This book has been developed from a course in astrophysical fluid dynamics taught at the University of Cambridge. It is suitable for graduate students in astrophysics, physics and applied mathematics, and requires only a basic familiarity with fluid dynamics.
650 0 _aAstrophysics.
650 0 _aFluid dynamics.
650 0 _aAstrophysical jets.
700 1 _aKing, A. R.,
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521869362
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511802201
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