Astrophysical Jets and Beams
Part of Cambridge Astrophysics
- Author: Michael D. Smith, University of Kent, Canterbury
- Date Published: February 2012
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521834766
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Astrophysical jets are spectacular displays of gas or dust ejected from a range of cosmic bodies; they are seemingly ubiquitous on scales from comets to black holes. This volume reviews our understanding of jet processes and provides a modern guide to their observation and the role they play in many long-standing problems in astrophysics. It covers the major discoveries in gamma-ray bursts, solar and stellar jets and cometary jets. Specific physical processes for all classes of jet are illustrated and discussed in depth, as a backdrop to explaining spectacular jet images. Current jet models raise as many issues as they solve, so the final chapter looks at the new questions to be answered. Written at an entry level for postgraduate students, this volume incorporates introductions to all the governing physics, providing a comprehensive and insightful guide to the study of jets for researchers across all branches of astrophysics.
Read more- A comprehensive, up-to-date study of astrophysical jets on all scales
- Jets are nearly ubiquitous in astrophysics; the volume will benefit space scientists, solar physicists, astronomers and cosmologists
- Assumes no prior knowledge of jets, so is ideal for postgraduate students and researchers approaching the topic for the first time
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- Date Published: February 2012
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521834766
- length: 240 pages
- dimensions: 253 x 178 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.63kg
- contains: 84 b/w illus.
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Detection and measurement
3. The dynamical toolbox
4. Observations of extragalactic jets
5. Jets in galactic nuclei
6. Jets from young stars and protostars
7. Jets associated with evolved stars
8. Jets within the solar system
9. Jet launching
10. Jet propagation
11. New questions
Index.
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