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Relativistic astrophysics of the transient universe : gravitation, hydrodynamics and radiation / Maurice H. P. M. Van Putten, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Amir Levinson, Tel Aviv University.
Van Pelt Library QB462.65 .V36 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Putten, Maurice H. P. M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Relativistic astrophysics.
- Magnetohydrodynamics.
- Cosmic background radiation.
- Gravitational waves.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 333 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- "In the coming decade, the transient universe will be mapped out in great detail by the emerging wide-field multiwavelength surveys, neutrino and gravitational-wave detectors, promising to probe the astronomical and physical origin of the most extreme relativistic sources. This volume introduces the physical processes relevant to the source modeling of the transient universe. Ideal for graduate students and researchers in astrophysics, this book gives a unified treatment of electromagnetic, hadronic and gravitational radiation processes associated with relativistic outflows from compact objects. After introducing the source classes, the authors set out the various radiation processes associated with magneto-hydrodynamic flows, such as blast waves, winds, jets and accretion. Readers will gain an understanding of the theory, observations and some methods of data analysis for gravitational-wave data"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. A zoo of astrophysical transient sources; 2. Electromagnetic radiation processes; 3. Curved space time and gravitational waves; 4. Hadronic processes and neutrino emissions; 5. Relativistic fluid dynamics; 6. Winds and jets; 7. Relativistic shock waves; 8. Relativistic blast waves; 9. Accretion disks and tori; 10. Entropic attraction in black hole binaries; 11. Transient sources from rotating black holes; 12. Searching for long bursts in gravitational waves; 13. Epilogue: the multimessenger transient universe; Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 110701073X
- 9781107010734
- OCLC:
- 774146283
- Publisher Number:
- 99950365244
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