MHD Flows in Compact Astrophysical Objects Accretion, Winds and Jets /

• Main Author: Beskin, Vasily S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01290-7

Accretion flows, winds and jets of compact astrophysical objects and stars are generally described within the framework of hydrodynamical and magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) flows. Analytical analysis of the problem provides profound physical insights, which are essential for interpreting and understand...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Hydrodynamic limit - classical problems of accretion and ejectionForce-free limit - radio pulsar magnetosphere
• Force-free approximation - black hole magnetosphere
• Full magnetohydrodynamical version - particle acceleration and magnetic collimation.