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Presented in two volumes, The Physics of Astrophysics is ideally suited for a year-long astrophysics course for university seniors and first-year graduate students. This second volume deals with the interactions of matter and radiation, and electromagnetic fields of macroscopic scale in both the strongly collisional and collisionless regimes. It covers such fields as single-fluid theory, including radiative processes; waves, shocks, and fronts; magnetohydrodynamics and plasma physics; as well as their applications to such topics as self-gravitating spherical masses, accretion disks, spiral density waves, star formation, and dynamo theory. Over two hundred photos, line drawings, and tables amplify the major points of the text.

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Part 1: Single-Fluid Theory, Including Radiative Processes
Part 2: Waves, Shocks, and Fronts
Part 3: Magnetohydrodynamics and Plasma Physics
Problem Sets

Physics Of Astrophysics Volume 2 - Gas Dynamics

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      Publisher: University Science Books,U.S.
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/05/2010
      ISBN13: 9781891389672, 978-1891389672
      ISBN10: 189138967X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presented in two volumes, The Physics of Astrophysics is ideally suited for a year-long astrophysics course for university seniors and first-year graduate students. This second volume deals with the interactions of matter and radiation, and electromagnetic fields of macroscopic scale in both the strongly collisional and collisionless regimes. It covers such fields as single-fluid theory, including radiative processes; waves, shocks, and fronts; magnetohydrodynamics and plasma physics; as well as their applications to such topics as self-gravitating spherical masses, accretion disks, spiral density waves, star formation, and dynamo theory. Over two hundred photos, line drawings, and tables amplify the major points of the text.

      Table of Contents
      Part 1: Single-Fluid Theory, Including Radiative Processes
      Part 2: Waves, Shocks, and Fronts
      Part 3: Magnetohydrodynamics and Plasma Physics
      Problem Sets

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