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100 1 _aSmith, Michael D.
_q(Michael David),
_d1955-
245 1 0 _aAstrophysical jets and beams /
_cMichael D. Smith, University of Kent, Canterbury.
260 _aCambridge ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012.
300 _axii, 228 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c26 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aCambridge astrophysics ;
_v49
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index.
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: 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. The astrophysical jet
520 _a"Astrophysical jets are spectacular displays of gas or dust ejected from a range of cosmic bodies; they are seemingly ubiquitous on scales from comets to black holes. This volume reviews our understanding of jet processes and provides a modern guide to their observation and the role they play in many long-standing problems in astrophysics. It covers the major discoveries in gamma-ray bursts, solar and stellar jets and cometary jets. Specific physical processes for all classes of jet are illustrated and discussed in depth, as a backdrop to explaining spectacular jet images. Current jet models raise as many issues as they solve, so the final chapter looks at the new questions to be answered. Written at an entry level for postgraduate students, this volume incorporates introductions to all the governing physics, providing a comprehensive and insightful guide to the study of jets for researchers across all branches of astrophysics"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aAstrophysical jets.
650 7 _aSCIENCE / Astrophysics & Space Science.
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