Michael D. Smith

Astrophysical Jets and Beams

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An up-to-date study of astrophysical jets that will appeal to students and researchers in all areas of astrophysics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 606g
• ISBN-13: 9780521834766
• ISBN-10: 0521834767
• Artikelnr.: 34382853

Autorenporträt

Michael D. Smith was raised in the Northeast and the Chicago area, then moved to Texas to attend Rice University, where he began developing as a writer and visual artist. His Jack Commer, Supreme Commander science fiction series is published by Sortmind Press. In addition, Sortmind Press has published Smith's literary novels Sortmind, The Soul Institute, CommWealth, Akard Drearstone, Jump Grenade, and Asylum and Mirage. Smith's website, https://sortmind.com, contains further examples of his novels and visual art, and he muses about writing and art processes at https://blog.sortmind.com.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Detection and measurement
3. The dynamical toolbox
4. Observations of extragalactic jets
5. Jets in galactic nuclei
6. Jets from young stars and protostars
7. Jets associated with evolved stars
8. Jets within the solar system
9. Jet launching
10. Jet propagation
11. New questions
Index.