Principles of astrophysical fluid dynamics

Principles of Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-226

  Clarke, Cathie ^a   Carswell, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511813450     Document Type: Book

References (18)

1. D. Acheson, Elementary Fluid Dynamics, Oxford University Press (1994).
2. G. K. Batchelor, An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge University Press (re-issued 2000).
3. H. Lamb, Hydrodynamics, Cambridge University Press (6th edn. 1932, reprinted 1993).
4. L. D. Landau & E. M. Lifshitz, Fluid Mechanics, Pergamon Press (1987).
5. M. J. Lighthill, An Informal Introduction to Theoretical Fluid Mechanics, Oxford University Press (1993). In an astrophysical context the following texts may be useful, though the treatment is more advanced:
6. J. E. Pringle & A. R. King, Astrophysical Flows, Cambridge University Press (2007).
7. F. Shu, The Physics of Astrophysics: Gas Dynamics, University Science Books (1992).
8. G. W. Collins II, The Fundamentals of Stellar Astrophysics, W. H. Freeman & Co. (1989), includes details of energy transfer processes relevant for stars, a number of which have wider applicability (also referred to in Chapter 9).
9. D. E. Osterbrock, Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei, University Science Books (1989), provides an excellent introduction to photoionisation, and heating and cooling processes in gaseous nebulae.
10. A. G. G. M. Tielens, The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium, Cambridge University Press (2005), gives an overview of the interstellar medium in galaxies.
11. S. Chandrasekhar, An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure, Dover (1957), contains an exhaustive treatment of polytropic gas spheres.
12. J. Binney & S. Tremaine, Galactic Dynamics, Princeton University Press (1994), deals primarily with the dynamics of stellar systems, and so collisionless systems.
13. R. W. Hilditch, An Introduction to Close Binary Stars, Cambridge University Press (2001), gives comprehensive coverage of many aspects of binary stars.
14. C. F. McKee, in The Physics of the Interstellar Medium and Intergalactic Medium, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 80, A. Ferrara, C. F. McKee, C. Heiles & P. R. Shapiro (eds.) (1995), provides a review of physics of the multi-phase interstellar medium.
15. J. Frank, A. R. King & D. J. Raine, Accretion Power in Astrophysics, Cambridge University Press (1992), gives a fuller description of the physical processes in accretion discs.
16. J. E. Pringle, 'Accretion discs in astrophysics' in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 19, Annual Reviews Inc. (1981), pp. 137-162, gives a very good description of the basic physics.
17. B. I. Bleaney & B. Bleaney, Electricity and Magnetism, Volume 1, Oxford University Press (1989), is a classic text on electricity and magnetism.
18. R. O. Dendy (ed.), Plasma Physics: An Introductory Course, Cambridge University Press (1993), gives an in-depth treatment of the basic principles of the subject.