Overview
- Introduction to Astrophysics of Jets from young stars for advanced graduate, PhD students
- First of a series of 6 volumes forming a comprehensive account of Jets from young stars
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 723)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Observational Constraints
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Front Matter
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Magneto-Hydrodynamic Models
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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 on 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 the 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.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Jets from Young Stars
Book Subtitle: Models and Constraints
Editors: Jonathan Ferreira, Catherine Dougados, Emma Whelan
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68035-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-68033-8Published: 21 August 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08769-1Published: 30 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-68035-2Published: 30 August 2007
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 228
Topics: Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques