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Hydrodynamics and Stellar Winds: An Introduction

By Walter J. Maciel (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2014
ISBN
978-3-319-04327-2, 978-3-319-04328-9
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-04328-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2464999 bytes)
Series
Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Edition
1
Pages
178\191
Time added
2014-04-13 05:00:00
Astrophysics and Astroparticles; ExtraterrestrialAstrophysics and Cosmology; Fluid- and AerodynamicSpace Sciences; Astronomy

Description

Introduces hydrodynamics to undergraduate students in physics and astrophysics. Stellar winds are a common phenomenon in the life of stars, from the dwarfs like the Sun to the red giants and hot supergiants, constituting one of the basic aspects of modern astrophysics. Stellar winds are a hydrodynamic phenomenon in which circumstellar gases expand towards the interstellar medium. This book presents an elementary introduction to the fundamentals of hydrodynamics with an application to the study of stellar winds. The principles of hydrodynamics have many other applications, so that the book can be used as an introduction to hydrodynamics for students of physics, astrophysics and other related areas.

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