Blowing bubbles in the cosmos : astronomical winds, jets, and explosions

Author(s)

• Hartquist, T. W.
• Dyson, J. E. (John Edward)
• Ruffle, D. P.

Bibliographic Information

Blowing bubbles in the cosmos : astronomical winds, jets, and explosions

T.W. Hartquist, J.E. Dyson, D.P. Ruffle

Oxford University Press, 2004

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Many astrophysical bodies produce winds, jets or explosions, which blow spectacular bubbles. From a nonmathematical, unifying perspective, based on the understanding of bubbles, the authors address many of the most exciting topics in modern astrophysics including supernovae, the production of structure in the Early Universe, the environments of supermassive black holes and gamma-ray bursts.

Table of Contents

1: The First Discoveries of Astronomical Winds 2: The Magnitudes of Astronomical Quantities 3: Stellar Evolution 4: Basic Structures of Winds and Windblown Bubbles 5: Star Formation and Low-Mass Young Stellar Objects 6: Regions of High-Mass Star Formation 7: Winds from Main-Sequence and Post-Main-Sequence Stars 8: Supernovae and Their Remnants 9: Galactic Winds, Starburst Superwinds, and the Epoch of Galaxy Formation 10: Active Galaxies and Their Nuclei 11: Some Other Windy and Explosive Sources

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Details

• NCID: BA68068418
• ISBN:
  • 0195130545
• LCCN: 2003051706
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 167 p., [8] p. of plates
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QB529
  • DC21 : 523.01
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Solar wind
  • LCSH : Astrophysical jets
  • LCSH : Stars, New