Stellar Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Michael J. Thompson, Jorgen Christensen-Dalsgaard

426 pages, parution le 22/04/2003

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Résumé

In all phases of the life of a star, hydrodynamical processes play a major role. This volume gives a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge in stellar astrophysical fluid dynamics, and marks 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.

Contents

A selective overview

Stellar Convection and Oscillations

On the diversity of stellar pulsations
Acoustic radiation and mode excitation by turbulent convection
Understanding roAp stars
Waves in the magnetised solar atmosphere

Stellar Rotation and Magnetic Fields

Stellar rotation: a historical survey
The oscillations of rapidly rotating stars
Solar tachocline dynamics: eddy viscosity, anti-friction, or something in between?
Dynamics of the solar tachocline
Dynamo processes: the interaction of turbulence and magnetic fields
Dynamos in planets

Physics and Structure of Stellar Interiors

Solar constraints on the equation of state
3He transport and the solar neutrino problem
Mixing in stellar radiation zones
Element settling and rotation-induced mixing in slowly rotating stars

Helio- and Asteroseismology

Solar structure and the neutrino problem
Helioseismic data analysis
Seismology of solar rotation
Telechronohelioseismology

Large-scale Numerical Experiments

Bridges between helioseismology and models of convection zone dynamics
Numerical simulations of the solar convection zone
Modelling solar and stellar magnetoconvection
Nonlinear magnetoconvection in the presence of a strong oblique field
Simulations of astrophysical fluids

Dynamics

A magic electromagnetic field
Continuum equations for stellar dynamics
Formation of planetary systems
The solar-cycle global warming as inferred from sky brightness variation

L'auteur - Michael J. Thompson

Imperial College London

L'auteur - Jorgen Christensen-Dalsgaard

University of Aarhus

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Michael J. Thompson, Jorgen Christensen-Dalsgaard
Parution	22/04/2003
Nb. de pages	426
Format	17,7 x 25,4
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1005g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521818094
ISBN13	978-0-521-81809-4