Relativistic Fluids and Magneto-Fluids

With Applications in Astrophysics and Plasma Physics
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-521-01812-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 572 g

Reihe: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics

This highly acclaimed series of monographs provides introductory accounts of specialized topics in mathematical physics for graduate students and research workers. The monographs in this series are of outstanding scholarship and written by those at the very frontiers of research. Subject areas covered include cosmology, astrophysics, relativity theory, particle physics, quantum theory, nuclear physics, statistical mechanics, condensed matter physics, plasma physics and the theory of chaos.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anile, A. M.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Plasmaphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Mathematical structure; 3. Singular hypersurfaces in space-time; 4. Propagation of weak discontinuities; 5. Relativistic simple waves; 6. Relativistic geometrical optics; 7. Relativistic asymptotic waves; 8. Relativistic shock waves; 9. Propagation of relativistic shock waves; 10. Stability of relativistic shock waves; References; Index.