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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 793)
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Astronomical jets are key astrophysical phenomena observed in gamma-ray bursts, active galactic nuclei or young stars. Research on them has largely occurred within the domains of astronomical observations, astrophysical modeling and numerical simulations, but the recent advent of high energy density facilities has added experimental control to jet studies.
Front-line research on jet launching and collimation requires a highly interdisciplinary approach and an elevated level of sophistication. Bridging the gaps between pure magnetohydrodynamics, thermo-chemical evolution, high angular resolution spectro-imaging and laboratory experiments is no small matter. This volume strives to bridge those very gaps. It offers a series of lectures which, taken as whole, act as a thorough reference for the foundations of this discipline. These lectures address the following:
· laboratory jets physics from laser and z-pinch plasma experiments,
· the magnetohydrodynamic theory of relativistic and non-relativistic stationary jets,
· heating mechanisms in magnetohydrodynamic jets, from the solar magnetic reconnection to the molecular shock heating perspectives,
· atomic and molecular microphysics of jet shocked material.
In addition to the lectures, the book offers, in closing, a presentation of a series of observational diagnostics, thus allowing for the recovery of basic physical quantities from jet emission lines.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Jets from Young Stars IV
Book Subtitle: From Models to Observations and Experiments
Editors: Paulo Jorge Valente Garcia, Joao Miguel Ferreira
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02289-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-02288-3Published: 23 November 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26154-1Published: 14 March 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-02289-0Published: 09 November 2009
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 252
Number of Illustrations: 88 b/w illustrations
Topics: Planetology, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics