Beams and Jets in Astrophysics

Provides researchers in the field with a comprehensive and up-to-date account of current research on astrophysical jets. An important feature of the book is that it combines discussions of jets on stellar as well as galactic scales. There are ten chapters, authored by fourteen active researchers, all of whom are experts on their chosen topics. Recent hydrodynamic simulations of jets are included and reference to observations of actual jets is made...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521335760
• ISBN13: 9780521335768
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 596 Pages
• Weight: 2.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.6" x 9.3"