Stellar Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

by Edited by Michael J. Thompson , Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard

• ISBN13: 9780521818094
• ISBN10: 0521818095
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-16
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

In all phases of the life of a star, hydrodynamical processes play a major role. This volume gives a comprehensive overview of the state of knowledge in stellar astrophysical fluid dynamics, and its publication marked the 60th birthday of Douglas Gough, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge and leading contributor to stellar astrophysical fluid dynamics. Topics include properties of pulsating stars, helioseismology, convection and mixing in stellar interiors, dynamics of stellar rotation, planet formation and the generation of stellar and planetary magnetic fields. Each chapter is written by leading experts in the field, and the book provides an overview that is central to any attempt to understand the properties of stars and their evolution. With extensive references to the technical literature, this is a valuable text for researchers and graduate students in stellar astrophysics.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
A selective overview	1	(22)
Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard
Michael J. Thompson
I Stellar convection and oscillations
On the diversity of stellar pulsations	23	(16)
Wojciech A. Dziembowski
Acoustic radiation and mode excitation by turbulent convection	39	(12)
Gunter Houdek
Understanding roAp stars	51	(12)
Margarida S. Cunha
Waves in the magnetised solar atmosphere	63	(12)
Colin S. Rosenthal
II Stellar rotation and magnetic fields
Stellar rotation: a historical survey	75	(24)
Leon Mestel
The oscillations of rapidly rotating stars	99	(12)
Michel Rieutord
Solar tachocline dynamics: eddy viscosity, anti-friction, or something in between?	111	(20)
Michael E. McIntyre
Dynamics of the solar tachocline	131	(12)
Pascale Garaud
Dynamo processes: the interaction of turbulence and magnetic fields	143	(16)
Michael Proctor
Dynamos in planets	159	(20)
Chris Jones
III Physics and structure of stellar interiors
Solar constraints on the equation of state	179	(14)
Werner Dappen
3He transport and the solar neutrino problem	193	(12)
Chris Jordinson
Mixing in stellar radiation zones	205	(14)
Jean-Paul Zahn
Element settling and rotation-induced mixing in slowly rotating stars	219	(12)
Sylvie Vauclair
IV Helio- and asteroseismology
Solar structure and the neutrino problem	231	(16)
Hiromoto Shibahashi
Helioseismic data analysis	247	(16)
Jesper Schou
Seismology of solar rotation	263	(16)
Takashi Sekii
Telechronohelioseismology	279	(20)
Alexander Kosovichev
V Large-scale numerical experiments
Bridges between helioseismology and models of convection zone dynamics	299	(16)
Juri Toomre
Numerical simulations of the solar convection zone	315	(14)
Julian R. Elliott
Modelling solar and stellar magnetoconvection	329	(16)
Nigel Weiss
Nonlinear magnetoconvection in the presence of a strong oblique field	345	(12)
Keith Julien
Edgar Knobloch
Steven M. Tobias
Simulations of astrophysical fluids	357	(12)
Marcus Bruggen
VI Dynamics
A magic electromagnetic field	369	(8)
Donald Lynden-Bell
Continuum equations for stellar dynamics	377	(16)
Edward A. Spiegel
Jean-Luc Thiffeault
Formation of planetary systems	393	(18)
Douglas N. C. Lin
The solar-cycle global warming as inferred from sky brightness variation	411
Wasaburo Unno
Hiromoto Shibahashi