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ISBN Number: 9780792329923
Written by: Dyson, J E
Published by: Springer Verlag
Written by: Dyson, John E.
Written by: Carling, E. B.
Location: Dordrecht ;
Subject: Astronomy
Subject: Astrophysics
Subject: Diffusion
Subject: Hydrodynamics
Subject: Hydrodynamics, Congresses.
Copyright: 1994
Edition Number: 1
Edition Description: /em>
Series Volume: 91-19
Date of Publication: 18991231
Cover Type: Hardback
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: xii, 401 p.
The topic of diffuse astrophysical media ranges over circumstellar to extragalactic scales. The physical conditions in these media can vary from cool, dusty gases to assemblies of relativistic particles. Flows can be set up by momentum and energy injection from radiation fields, winds, jets and explosions. Their observational study involves practically all wavelengths, their theoretical understanding involves physics, chemistry and, inevitably, hydrodynamics. The hydrodynamical aspect of this meeting is particularly emphasised since it was held to mark the retirement of Professor Franz Kahn FRS, who has made many distinguished contributions in this area. The book features invited reviews and contributed papers. After a historical introduction, they progress from circumstellar matter to active galactic nuclei and, throughout, emphasis is placed on the overlap between observation and theory. Book News Annotation:
These proceedings feature invited reviews and contributed papers,
ordered in roughly the direction of increasing size scale. After a
historical introduction, they progress from circumstellar matter to
active galactic nuclei, and emphasis throughout is placed on the
overlap between observation and theory. Among the topics: shaping
planetary nebulae; spectroscopic constraints on outflows from BN-type
objects; 3-D radiative line transfer for Be star envelopes;
fragmentation and heating of streamers in Orion; the global structure
of the interstellar medium; catastrophic cooling diagnostics; and the
solution topology of galactic winds. No index. Reprinted from
Astrophysics and Space Science, v.216, nos.1-2, 1994.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
