Stellar Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

A comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge in stellar astrophysical fluid dynamics.

Michael J. Thompson (Edited by), Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard (Edited by)

9780521050203, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 14 February 2008

432 pages, 115 b/w illus. 3 tables
24.2 x 17 x 2.2 cm, 0.681 kg

'The editors … have assembled an admirable collection of essays and articles … The authors set out to provide a detailed, step-by-step, introduction to the domain of stellar fluid dynamics and its various subdomains …' Astronomy & Geophysics

In all phases of the life of a star, hydrodynamical processes play a major role. This volume gives a comprehensive overview of the state of knowledge in stellar astrophysical fluid dynamics, and its publication marked the 60th birthday of Douglas Gough, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge and leading contributor to stellar astrophysical fluid dynamics. Topics include properties of pulsating stars, helioseismology, convection and mixing in stellar interiors, dynamics of stellar rotation, planet formation and the generation of stellar and planetary magnetic fields. Each chapter is written by leading experts in the field, and the book provides an overview that is central to any attempt to understand the properties of stars and their evolution. With extensive references to the technical literature, this is a valuable text for researchers and graduate students in stellar astrophysics.

Preface
1. A selective overview Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard and Michael J. Thompson
Part I. Stellar Convection and Oscillations: 2. On the diversity of stellar pulsations Wojciech A. Dziembowski
3. Acoustic radiation and mode excitation by turbulent convection Günter Houdek
4. Understanding roAp stars Margarida S. Cunha
5. Waves in the magnetised solar atmosphere Colin S. Rosenthal
Part II. Stellar Rotation and Magnetic Fields: 6. Stellar rotation: a historical survey Leon Mestel
7. The oscillations of rapidly rotating stars Michel Rieutord
8. Solar tachocline dynamics: eddy viscosity, anti-friction, or something in between? Michael E. McIntyre
9. Dynamics of the solar tachocline Pascale Garaud
10. Dynamo processes: the interaction of turbulence and magnetic fields Michael Proctor
11. Dynamos in planets Chris Jones
Part III. Physics and Structure of Stellar Interiors: 12. Solar constraints on the equation of state Werner Däppen
13. 3He transport and the solar neutrino problem Chris Jordinson
14. Mixing in stellar radiation zones Jean-Paul Zahn
15. Element settling and rotation-induced mixing in slowly rotating stars Sylvie Vauclair
Part IV. Helio- and Asteroseismology: 16. Solar structure and the neutrino problem Hiromoto Shibahashi
17. Helioseismic data analysis Jesper Schou
18. Seismology of solar rotation Takashi Sekii
19. Telechronohelioseismology Alexander Kosovichev
Part V. Large-Scale Numerical Experiments: 20. Bridges between helioseismology and models of convection zone dynamics Juri Toomre
21. Numerical simulations of the solar convection zone Julian R. Elliott
22. Modelling solar and stellar magnetoconvection Nigel Weiss
23. Nonlinear magnetoconvection in the presence of a strong oblique field Keith Julien, Edgar Knobloch and Steven M. Tobias
24. Simulations of astrophysical fluids Marcus Brüggen
Part VI. Dynamics: 25. A magic electromagnetic field Donald Lynden-Bell
26. Continuum equations for stellar dynamics Edward A. Spiegel and Jean-Luc Thiffeault
27. Formation of planetary systems Douglas N. C. Lin
28. The solar-cycle global warming as inferred from sky brightness variation Wasaburo Unno and Hiromoto Shibahashi.

Subject Areas: Astrophysics [PHVB], Fluid mechanics [PHDF], Galaxies & stars [PGM]