Jets from young stars IV : from models to observations and experiments / P.J.V. Garcia, J.M. Ferreira (eds.).

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Garcia, Paulo J. V.

Ferreira, J. M. (João Miguel)

Conference Name:

JETSET School on Jets from Young Stars : From Models to Observations and Experiments (4th : 2007 : Azores, Portugal)

Series:

Lecture notes in physics ; 793.

Lecture notes in physics ; 793

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astrophysical jets--Congresses.

Astrophysical jets.

Stellar dynamics--Congresses.

Stellar dynamics.

Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities--Congresses.

Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VIII, 252 p. 88 illus.)

Other Title:

Jets from young stars 4

Jets from young stars four

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Astronomical jets are key astrophysical phenomena observed in gamma-ray bursts, active galactic nuclei or young stars. Research on them has largely occurred within the domains of astronomical observations, astrophysical modeling and numerical simulations, but the recent advent of high energy density facilities has added experimental control to jet studies. Front-line research on jet launching and collimation requires a highly interdisciplinary approach and an elevated level of sophistication. Bridging the gaps between pure magnetohydrodynamics, thermo-chemical evolution, high angular resolution spectro-imaging and laboratory experiments is no small matter. This volume strives to bridge those very gaps. It offers a series of lectures which, taken as whole, act as a thorough reference for the foundations of this discipline. These lectures address the following: · laboratory jets physics from laser and z-pinch plasma experiments, · the magnetohydrodynamic theory of relativistic and non-relativistic stationary jets, · heating mechanisms in magnetohydrodynamic jets, from the solar magnetic reconnection to the molecular shock heating perspectives, · atomic and molecular microphysics of jet shocked material. In addition to the lectures, the book offers, in closing, a presentation of a series of observational diagnostics, thus allowing for the recovery of basic physical quantities from jet emission lines.

Contents:

Laboratory Astrophysics and Scaling

Laboratory Studies of Astrophysical Jets

Output from MHD Models

Coronal Heating

Flows in Molecular Media

The Ionisation and Excitation State of Stellar Outflows

Deriving Physical Diagnostics from Observations.

Notes:

Lectures from the fourth JETSET school held in Azores, Portugal, June 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613559791

9781280381881

1280381884

9783642022890

3642022898