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  title info:
    title: MHD Flows in Compact Astrophysical Objects
    sub title: Accretion, Winds and Jets
  name:
    name part: Beskin, Vasily S.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XVIII, 425 p. 81 illus. online resource.
  abstract: 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 understanding the results of numerical simulations. Providing such a physical understanding of MHD Flows in Compact Astrophysical Objects is the main goal of this book, which is an updated translation of a successful Russian graduate textbook. The book provides the first detailed introduction into the method of the Grad-Shafranov equation, describing analytically the very broad class of hydrodynamical and MHD flows. It starts with the classical examples of hydrodynamical accretion onto relativistic and nonrelativistic objects. The force-free limit of the Grad-Shafranov equation allows us to analyze in detail the physics of the magnetospheres of radio pulsars and black holes, including the Blandford-Znajek process of energy extraction from a rotating black hole immersed in an external magnetic field. Finally, on the basis of the full MHD version of the Grad-Shafranov equation the author discusses the problems of jet collimation and particle acceleration in Active Galactic Nuclei, radio pulsars, and Young Stellar Objects. The comparison of the analytical results with numerical simulations demonstrates their good agreement. Assuming that the reader is familiar with the basic physical and mathematical concepts of General Relativity, the author uses the 3+1 split approach which allows the formulation of all results in terms of physically clear language of three dimensional vectors. The book contains detailed derivations of equations, numerous exercises, and an extensive bibliography. It therefore serves as both an introductory text for graduate students and a valuable reference work for researchers in the field.
  table of contents: Hydrodynamical Limit #x2014; Classical Problems of Accretion and Ejection -- Force-Free Approximation #x2014; The Magnetosphere of Radio Pulsars -- Force-Free Approximation #x2014; the Black Hole Magnetosphere -- Full MHD Version #x2014; General Properties -- Full MHD Version #x2014; Particle Acceleration and Collimation -- Conclusion.
  note: by Vasily S. Beskin.
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Gravitation
  subject:
    topic: Astrophysics
  subject:
    topic: Space sciences
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Astrophysics and Astroparticles
  subject:
    topic: Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
  classification: QB460-466
  classification: 523.01
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
  identifier: 9783642012907
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01290-7
  record info:
    record creation date: 100301
    record change date: 20151204172457.0
    record identifier: 978-3-642-01290-7