Stellar Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

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ISBN: 9780521818094
Author/Editor: Michael J. Thompson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Year: 2003

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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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Weight 0.86 kg

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Year of Publication

2003

Table of Contents

1. A selective overview J?gen 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 G?ter 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 D?pen 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 Br?gen 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.

Author

Michael J. Thompson

ISBN/ISSN

9780521818094

Binding

Hardback

Edition

1

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

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