Jets From Young Stars III Numerical MHD and Instabilities /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Massaglia, S. (Editor), Bodo, G. (Editor), Mignone, A. (Editor), Rossi, P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 754
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Numerical and Computational Physics.

This volume contains the lecture notes of the Third JETSET School on Jets from Young Stars focussing on Numerical MHD and Instabilities. The introductory lectures presented here cover the basic concepts of the numerical methods for the integration of hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic equations an...

Table of Contents:

• Numerical Methods
• Computational Methods for Hyperbolic Equations
• Shock-Capturing Schemes in Computational MHD
• Hydrodynamic and Magneto-Hydrodynamic Instabilities
• The Kelvin–Helmholtz Instability
• Pressure-Driven Instabilities in Astrophysical Jets
• Thermal Instabilities
• The Oscillatory Instability of Radiative Shock Waves.