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Jets from Young Stars III: Numerical MHD and Instabilities

By E.F. Toro (auth.) , S. Massaglia , G. Bodo , A. Mignone , P. Rossi (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2008
ISBN
9783642095672, 3642095674
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-76967-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4169520 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 754
Edition
1
Pages
178\180
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-11-09 02:42:13
Astrophysics;Numerical and Computational Methods

Description

This volume contains the lecture notes of the Third JETSET School on Jets from Young Stars focussing on Numerical MHD and Instabilities. The introductory lectures presented here cover the basic concepts of the numerical methods for the integration of hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic equations and of the applications of these methods to the treatment of the instabilities relevant for the physics of stellar jets. The first part of the book contains an introduction to the finite difference and finite volume methods for computing the solutions of hyperbolic partial differential equations and a discussion of approximate Riemann solvers for both hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic problems. The second part is devoted to the discussion of some of the main instability processes that may take place in stellar jets, namely: the Kelvin-Helmholtz, the radiative shock, the pressure driven and the thermal instabilities. Graduate students and young scientists will benefit from this book by learning how to use the fundamental tools used in computational astrophysical jet research.

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