TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Michael D.
TI  - Astrophysical Jets and Beams
T2  - Cambridge Astrophysics
SN  - 9781139217392
AV  - QB466.J46 S65 2012 
U1  - 523 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Astrophysical jets
KW  - Astrophysics
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- ASTROPHYSICAL JETS AND BEAMS -- Series editors -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Rudimentary definitions and concepts -- 1.2 Jet presence and function -- 1.3 Early history -- 1.4 Surprising discoveries -- 1.5 Overview and points of view -- 1.6 Summary -- 2 Detection and measurement -- 2.1 Synchrotron radiation -- 2.2 Self-absorption and polarisation -- 2.3 Compton processes -- 2.4 Electrons: free-free and bremsstrahlung processes -- 2.5 Atomic processes -- 2.6 Molecular processes -- 2.7 Maser beams -- 2.8 Power and size -- 2.9 Summary -- 3 The dynamical toolbox -- 3.1 The inviscid hydrodynamic equations -- 3.2 Viscosity -- 3.3 Magnetohydrodynamics -- 3.4 Steady jets as potential flows -- 3.5 Streamlines: rotating MHD flow -- 3.6 Special relativistic flow -- 3.7 Shock waves -- 3.7.1 Relativistic shock waves -- 3.7.2 Non-relativistic shock waves -- 3.7.3 Radiative shock waves -- 3.8 Non-ideal MHD and non-MHD -- 3.9 Summary -- 4 Observations of extragalactic jets -- 4.1 The morphological classes of radio galaxies -- 4.1.1 Edge-brightened and edge-darkened -- 4.1.2 Wide-angled tails -- 4.1.3 Narrow-angled tails -- 4.1.4 Classical doubles -- 4.1.5 Lobe-dominated quasars -- 4.1.6 Relaxed doubles -- 4.2 Detailed structure and multiwavelength features -- 4.2.1 X-ray cavities and relics -- 4.2.2 Hot spots -- 4.2.3 Optical and X-ray jets -- 4.3 Host galaxies and triggering jets -- 4.4 Summary -- 5 Jets in galactic nuclei -- 5.1 Individual blazar jets -- 5.1.1 3C 279 -- 5.1.2 3C 273 -- 5.1.3 M 87 -- 5.2 Speed and Doppler boosting -- 5.3 The class of blazar jets -- 5.4 Variability and temperature -- 5.5 The Lorentz factor crisis -- 5.6 Polarisation -- 5.7 Summary -- 6 Jets from young stars and protostars -- 6.1 Optical jets -- 6.1.1 The HH 30 jets -- 6.1.2 The RW Aur jet -- 6.1.3 The DG Tau jet; 6.1.4 Optical jets: general results -- 6.2 Embedded protostellar jets -- 6.2.1 HH 34 and HH 111 -- 6.2.2 Deeply embedded jets: HH 211 and HH 212 -- 6.3 Termination: Herbig-Haro and molecular hydrogen objects -- 6.4  Bipolar outflows -- 6.5 Small-scale jets: radio and masers -- 6.6 Summary -- 7 Jets associated with evolved stars -- 7.1 Planetary nebulae -- 7.2 Symbiotic systems -- 7.3 Supersoft X-ray sources -- 7.4 Cataclysmic variables -- 7.5 Microquasars: XRB jet systems -- 7.5.1 Low-mass X-ray binaries -- 7.5.2 High-mass X-ray binaries -- 7.5.3 Microquasars -- 7.5.4 SS 433 -- 7.6 Pulsar jets -- 7.7 Gamma-ray bursts -- 7.8 Summary -- 8 Jets within the solar system -- 8.1 Cometary jets, pre-2000 -- 8.2 Cometary jets, post-2000 -- 8.3 Moon jets -- 8.4 Solar jets -- 8.5 Summary -- 9 Jet launching -- 9.1 Hydrodynamic methods -- 9.1.1 Hydrodynamic methods: nozzles -- 9.1.2 Hydrodynamic methods: discs -- 9.1.3 Hydrodynamic methods: vents -- 9.2 Jets via magnetic reconnection -- 9.2.1 Spicules -- 9.2.2 Coronal jets -- 9.3 Magnetic field methods -- 9.3.1 Hydromagnetic driving from rotating discs -- 9.3.2 Magnetocentrifugal quantities -- 9.3.3 X-winds -- 9.3.4 Spinning black holes -- 9.3.5 Poynting jets -- 9.4 Alternative models and mechanisms -- 9.4.1 MHD simulations -- 9.4.2 Magnetic towers and funnels -- 9.4.3 ADAF jets: ion-supported flows -- 9.4.4 The disc-jet connection -- 9.4.5 Radiation-driven jets -- 9.5 Summary -- 10 Jet propagation -- 10.1 Components and structure -- 10.2 Jet shapes -- 10.3 Jet disruption -- 10.4 Jet flares and knots -- 10.5 Instability -- 10.6 Changing direction -- 10.6.1 Precession and wiggling -- 10.6.2 Bending -- 10.7 Summary -- 11 The astrophysical jet -- 11.1 Composition -- 11.2 Regulation -- 11.3 Feedback -- 11.4 Unification -- 11.5 The future -- References -- Index
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