Stellar Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Thompson, Michael J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In all phases of the life of a star, hydrodynamical processes play a major role. This volume gives a comprehensive overview of the state of knowledge in stellar astrophysical fluid dynamics, and its publication marked the 60th birthday of Douglas Gough, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge and leading contributor to stellar astrophysical fluid dynamics. Topics include properties of pulsating stars, helioseismology, convection and mixing in stellar interiors, dynamics of stellar rotation, planet formation and the generation of stellar and planetary magnetic fields. Each chapter is written by leading experts in the field, and the book provides an overview that is central to any attempt to understand the properties of stars and their evolution. With extensive references to the technical literature, this is a valuable text for researchers and graduate students in stellar astrophysics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511054938
• Artikelnr.: 38213914

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. A selective overview Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard and Michael
J. Thompson; Part I. Stellar Convection and Oscillations: 2. On the
diversity of stellar pulsations Wojciech A. Dziembowski; 3. Acoustic
radiation and mode excitation by turbulent convection Günter Houdek; 4.
Understanding roAp stars Margarida S. Cunha; 5. Waves in the magnetised
solar atmosphere Colin S. Rosenthal; Part II. Stellar Rotation and Magnetic
Fields: 6. Stellar rotation: a historical survey Leon Mestel; 7. The
oscillations of rapidly rotating stars Michel Rieutord; 8. Solar tachocline
dynamics: eddy viscosity, anti-friction, or something in between? Michael
E. McIntyre; 9. Dynamics of the solar tachocline Pascale Garaud; 10. Dynamo
processes: the interaction of turbulence and magnetic fields Michael
Proctor; 11. Dynamos in planets Chris Jones; Part III. Physics and
Structure of Stellar Interiors: 12. Solar constraints on the equation of
state Werner Däppen; 13. 3He transport and the solar neutrino problem Chris
Jordinson; 14. Mixing in stellar radiation zones Jean-Paul Zahn; 15.
Element settling and rotation-induced mixing in slowly rotating stars
Sylvie Vauclair; Part IV. Helio- and Asteroseismology: 16. Solar structure
and the neutrino problem Hiromoto Shibahashi; 17. Helioseismic data
analysis Jesper Schou; 18. Seismology of solar rotation Takashi Sekii; 19.
Telechronohelioseismology Alexander Kosovichev; Part V. Large-Scale
Numerical Experiments: 20. Bridges between helioseismology and models of
convection zone dynamics Juri Toomre; 21. Numerical simulations of the
solar convection zone Julian R. Elliott; 22. Modelling solar and stellar
magnetoconvection Nigel Weiss; 23. Nonlinear magnetoconvection in the
presence of a strong oblique field Keith Julien, Edgar Knobloch and Steven
M. Tobias; 24. Simulations of astrophysical fluids Marcus Brüggen; Part VI.
Dynamics: 25. A magic electromagnetic field Donald Lynden-Bell; 26.
Continuum equations for stellar dynamics Edward A. Spiegel and Jean-Luc
Thiffeault; 27. Formation of planetary systems Douglas N. C. Lin; 28. The
solar-cycle global warming as inferred from sky brightness variation
Wasaburo Unno and Hiromoto Shibahashi.