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Lecture Notes in Physics #723: Jets from Young Stars: Models and Constraints
by J. (edt) Ferreira
Available from Powells Used Books
$59.50
on 10-15-2008
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Features
ISBN Number: 9783540680338
Subtitle: Models and Constraints
Written by: Ferreira, J. (edt)
Editor: Whelan, E.
Editor: Dougados, Catherine
Editor: Ferreira, J.
Editor: Whelan, Emma
Editor: Dougados, C.
Editor: Ferreira, Jonathan
Published by: Springer
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Subject: Astronomy, General
Subject: Astronomy, Universe
Copyright: 2007
Series: Lecture Notes in Physics
Series Volume: 723
Date of Publication: October 2007
Cover Type: Hardcover
Written in: English
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: 228
Book Size: 943x647x75 106
This volume contains the edited lecture notes of the First JETSET School on Jets from Young Stars: Models and Constraints held by the Marie Curie Research and Training Network JET Simulations, Experiments and Theory. At this school the lecturers gave an introduction to observational properties and basic models describing the launching and collimation mechanisms of jets. The first half of the book is devoted to general observational constraints, covering the outflow phenomenon in young stars, the identification of magneto-centrifugal processes as the main jet driving mechanism and the magnetic interaction between star and its accretion disc. The second half of the book is devoted to theoretical knowledge of magneto-hydrodynamic processes pertinent to the jet launching mechanism in young stars. This comprises a general introduction to magneto-hydrodynamics, a description of the role of MHD processes in Standard Accretion Discs and the physics of steady state MHD outflows, from the basic concepts and equations to modern self-similar solutions. Further lectures detail the various classes of steady magnetic wind models currently discussed in the context of protostellar jets.
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