ENGLISH

Jets from young stars: models and constraints

By Emma Whelan (eds.) , Tom Ray (auth.) , Jonathan Ferreira , Catherine Dougados

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2007
ISBN
9783540680338, 3540680330
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-68035-2
ISSN
0075-8450
Google Books ID
OnPK7eKgtsIC
Open Library ID
OL12810156M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1727728 bytes)
Series
Lecture notes in physics 723
Edition
1
Pages
228\227
Topic
Physics
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Astrophysics; Astronomy

Description

This volume contains the edited lecture notes of the First JETSET School on Jets from Young Stars: Models and Constraints, held by the Marie Curie Research and Training Network on JET Simulations, Experiments and Theory. At this school the lecturers gave an introduction to observational properties and basic models describing the launching and collimation mechanisms of jets. The first half of the book is devoted to general observational constraints, covering the outflow phenomenon in young stars, the identification of magneto-centrifugal processes as the main jet driving mechanism, and the magnetic interaction between the star and its accretion disc. The second half of the book is devoted to theoretical knowledge of magneto-hydrodynamic processes pertinent to the jet launching mechanism in young stars. This comprises a general introduction to magneto-hydrodynamics, a description of the role of MHD processes in Standard Accretion Discs, and the physics of steady state MHD outflows, from the basic concepts and equations to modern self-similar solutions. Further lectures detail the various classes of steady magnetic-wind models currently discussed in the context of protostellar jets.

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