Jets from Stars and Galactic Nuclei: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Bad Honnef, Germany, 3-7 July 1995

by Wolfgang Kundt

Book Overview

Jets are ubiquitous in the Universe, but ill-understood. Conservative books base their interpretations on focused stellar winds, ejected "bullets", black-hole central engines, and in-situ upgrading of electron energies via shocks. This volume, however, attempts a uniform interpretation of the bipolar-flow family, involving extremely relativistic pair plasma as the jet substance, and rotating magnets (possibly burning disks) as the central engines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662140748
• ISBN13: 9783662140741
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"