Relativistic fluids and magneto-fluids : with applications in astrophysics and plasma physics

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Relativistic fluids and magneto-fluids : with applications in astrophysics and plasma physics

A.M. Anile

(Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics)

Cambridge University Press, 2005

  • pbk

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Bibliography: p. [325]-333

Includes index

"This digitally printed first paperback version 2005" -- t.p. verso

hbk版(first published 1989)は別書誌<BA10177349>

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Description

This highly acclaimed series of monographs provides introductory accounts of specialized topics in mathematical physics for graduate students and research workers. The monographs in this series are of outstanding scholarship and written by those at the very frontiers of research. Subject areas covered include cosmology, astrophysics, relativity theory, particle physics, quantum theory, nuclear physics, statistical mechanics, condensed matter physics, plasma physics and the theory of chaos.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Mathematical structure
  • 3. Singular hypersurfaces in space-time
  • 4. Propagation of weak discontinuities
  • 5. Relativistic simple waves
  • 6. Relativistic geometrical optics
  • 7. Relativistic asymptotic waves
  • 8. Relativistic shock waves
  • 9. Propagation of relativistic shock waves
  • 10. Stability of relativistic shock waves
  • References
  • Index.

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