Jets From Young Stars V High Performance Computing and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gracia, José (Editor), Colle, Fabio (Editor), Downes, Turlough (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 791
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics.; Space sciences.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Numerical and Computational Physics.

Studying the complex physical systems of stellar jets necessitates the incorporation of nonlinear effects which occur on a wide variety of length and timescales. One of the primary methods used to study the physics of jets is numerical simulations that apply high performance computing techniques. Su...

Table of Contents:

• I High Performance Computing
• to Message-Passing Interface
• An Introduction to Grid Computing Using EGEE
• AstroGrid and the Virtual Observatory
• II Applications in Astrophysics
• Three Dimensional Continuum Radiative Transfer
• Large-Scale Jet Simulations
• Modeling Accretion and Ejection Phenomena Around Young Stars: A Numerical Perspective
• Jet Stability: A Computational Survey
• Jets and Outflows from Collapsing Objects.