Virtual astrophysical jets : theory versus observations /

The peculiar and important characteristic of this book is to present numerical simulations and models of both stellar and extragalactic jets, together with review papers outlining the state-of-the-art of the observations of jets. In fact, other books on jets deal either with stellar jets or extragal...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Massaglia, Silvano (Editor), Bodo, Gianluigi (Editor), Rossi, P. (Paola), 1962- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Science+Business Media, [2004]
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Committee and Sponsors
  • List of Participants
  • Session 1: Setting the stage: observations and interpretations
  • Session 2: The disk-jet connection: launching and collimation
  • Session 3: Jet propagation and stability
  • Session 4: Numerical simulations: Codes and their validation
  • Session 5: Jet-ambient interaction.