Structure formation in astrophysics / edited by Gilles Chabrier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chabrier, Gilles.

Cambridge University Press.

Craig M. Merrihue Memorial Fund.

Series:

Cambridge contemporary astrophysics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astrophysics.

Large scale structure (Astronomy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 444 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Understanding the formation of objects at all scales in the universe, from galaxies to stars and planets, is a major issue in modern astrophysics, and one of the most exciting challenges of twenty-first-century astronomy. Even though they are characterized by different scales, the formations of planets, stars and galaxies share many common physical processes and are rooted in the same underlying domains of physics.

This unique reference for graduate students and researchers in astrophysics in the first to cover structure formation on various scales in one volume. This book gathers together extensive reviews written by world experts in physics and astrophysics working in planet, star and galaxy formation, and related subjects. It addresses current issues in these fields and describes the recent observational status and state-of-the-art theoretical and numerical methods aimed at understanding these problems.

Contents:

The physics of turbulence / E. Lévêque

The numerical simulation of turbulence / W. Schmidt

Numerical methods for radiation magnetohydrodynamics in astrophysics / R. Klein and J. Stone

The role of jets in the formation of planets, stars and galaxies / R.E. Pudritz, R. Banerjee and R. Ouyed

Advanced numerical methods in astrophysical fluid dynamics / A. Hujeirat and F. Heitsch

New frontiers in cosmology and galaxy formation : challenges for the future / R. Ellis and J. Silk

Galaxy formation physics / T. Abel, G. Bryan and R. Teyssier

First stars : formation, evolution and feedback effects / V. Bromm, A. Ferrara and A. Heger

Diffuse interstellar medium and the formation of molecular clouds / P. Hennebelle, M.-M Mac Low and E. Vazquez-Semadeni

The formation of distributed and clustered stars in molecular clouds / S.T. Megeath, Z.-Y. Li and AÌŠ. Nordlund

The formation and evolution of prestellar cores / P. André, S. Basu and S. Inutsuka

Models for the formation of massive stars / M.R. Krumholz and I.A. Bonnell

Observational properties of disks and young stellar objects / G. Duchene [and others]

Structure and dynamics of protoplanetary disks / C.P. Dullemond, R.H. Durisen and J.C.B. Papaloizou

Planet formation and evolution : theory and observations / Y. Alibert [and others]

Planet formation : assembling the puzzle / G. Wurm and T. Guillot

Open issues in small- and large-scale structure formation / R.S. Klessen and M.-M. Mac Low

A final word / E.E. Salpeter.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Craig M. Merrihue Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780511575198

051157519X

Publisher Number:

99984068234

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.