Role of Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov Instabilities in Astrophysics (Astrophysics and Space Physics Reviews)
Publisher: CRC
Published: May 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9789057023712
Subjects: Astrophysics; Number Theory; Physics; Science / Physics; Mathematics
First sentence: Dispersivity (patchiness, filamentary structure, and so forth) in astrophysical objects is common; this dispersivity is associated with turbulence, which is partially the result of hydrodynamic instability.