Shocks in Astrophysics: Proceedings of an International Conference held at UMIST, Manchester, England from January 9-12, 1995 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792338995 ISBN 13: 9780792338994

Verlag: Springer, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

This volume contains the proceedings of an international conference on Shocks in Astrophysics held at UMIST, Manchester, England from January 9-12, 1995. The study of interstellar and circumstellar gas dynamics has a long and distinguished history in Manchester and has been almost entirely concentrated in the school founded by Franz Kahn in the Astronomy Department, University of Manchester. In January 1993, one of us (AR) was appointed to the faculty of the Astrophysics Group in the Department of Mathematics at UMIST and astrophysical gas dynam­ ics became a major interest of the Group. The subject of this conference was chosen partly for the topicality of the subject matter and partly to help synthesise this expertise with the expertise in interstellar chemistry already present in the Group. The first fruits of this synthesis are contained in this volume. As it happened, this conference celebrated, not so much the beginnings of a long and fruitful collabo­ ration, but rather gave many of Alex's friends the chance to say a fond farewell as he departed UMIST at the end of January 1995 to take up a chair at UNAM, Mexico City. The core of this volume consists of twelve review articles, marked (R) in the list of contents, incorporating observational and theoretical studies of shock waves in a variety of situations from Herbig-Haro objects to Supernova Remnants to Active Galactic Nuclei. We have also included the contributed (C) and poster (P) papers.

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Reseña del editor

The importance of shock waves in astrophysics has long been recognised by the astrophysical community and their study has developed rapidly in the last few years, driven by increasingly sensitive observations and significant advances in computer power. Shock waves affect astronomical objects on scales from that of the solar wind-terrestrial environment to stellar jets in molecular clouds, and to galactic-scale events. This volume contains reviews by many of the leading researchers in shock wave astrophysics and covers observational and theoretical studies of shocks in a variety of situations from Herbig-Haro objects to Supernova Remnants to Active Galactic Nuclei. The reviews are supported by contributed oral and poster papers which discuss a wide variety of new observational and theoretical results.
Audience: In addition to research workers in areas of astrophysical gas dynamics, this book provides a useful introduction to research students, and to mathematicians and physicists who work in other areas of shock wave studies.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0792338995
• ISBN 13: 9780792338994
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352
• Herausgeber: Millar T.J., Raga A.C.
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