Hydrodynamics and stellar winds
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Walter J. Maciel
Series: Undergraduate lecture notes in physics; Undergraduate lecture notes in physics
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cham, Switzerland; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9783319043272
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Astrophysics; Hydrodynamics; Stellar winds
Work titles: Hidrodinâmica e ventos estelares
Description: Stellar winds are a common phenomenon in the life of stars, from the dwarfs like the Sun to the red giants and hot supergiants, constituting one of the basic aspects of modern astrophysics. Stellar winds are a hydrodynamic phenomenon in which circumstellar gases expand towards the interstellar medium. This book presents an elementary introduction to the fundamentals of hydrodynamics with an application to the study of stellar winds. The principles of hydrodynamics have many other applications, so that the book can be used as an introduction to hydrodynamics for students of physics, astrophysics and other related areas.
Notes: Translation of: Hidrodinâmica e ventos estelares : uma introdução. ©2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The continuity equation; title: The Euler equation; title: The equation of state; title: The energy equation; title: Cartesian tensor notation; title: Fluid equations in tensor form; title: The Navier-Stokes equation; title: Sound waves; title: Shock waves; title: Stellar winds : an overview.