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Radiation Hydrodynamics in Stars and Compact Objects

Proceedings of Colloquium No. 89 of the International Astronomical Union, Held at Copenhagen University, June 11-20, 1985

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 255)

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Table of contents (24 papers)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Introduction and overview

    • Dimitri Mihalas
    Pages 1-4
  3. Jets from young stars

    • Reinhard Mundt
    Pages 7-9
  4. Theory of protostellar objects

    • Frank H. Shu
    Pages 10-34
  5. Radiation hydrodynamics in pulsating stars

    • Robert F. Stellingwerf
    Pages 37-52
  6. Radiation hydrodynamics in solar flares

    • George H. Fisher
    Pages 53-74
  7. Radiatively-driven stellar winds

    • L. B. Lucy
    Pages 75-87
  8. The physics of supernovae

    • S. E. Woosley, Thomas A. Weaver
    Pages 91-120
  9. Neutrino transport in a type II supernova environment

    • Paul J. Schinder, Stuart L. Shapiro
    Pages 121-140
  10. The early evolution of supernova remnants

    • Claes Fransson
    Pages 141-165
  11. The optical radiation of supernovae

    • Robert Harkness
    Pages 166-181
  12. Compact binary x-ray sources

    • Richard McCray
    Pages 185-197
  13. Observations of compact x-ray sources

    • Y. Tanaka
    Pages 198-221
  14. The classical nova outburst

    • Sumner G. Starrfieldt
    Pages 225-248
  15. Accretion disk instabilities

    • F. Meyer
    Pages 249-267
  16. Novae and accretion disc evolution

    • G. T. Bath
    Pages 268-279
  17. X-Ray burst sources

    • Fulvio Meliat, Paul C. Joss
    Pages 283-304
  18. Physical constraints on models of gamma-ray bursters

    • Richard I. Epstein
    Pages 305-321
  19. Physical processes in active galactic nuclei

    • Roland Svensson
    Pages 325-345

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Radiation Hydrodynamics in Stars and Compact Objects

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of Colloquium No. 89 of the International Astronomical Union, Held at Copenhagen University, June 11-20, 1985

  • Editors: Dimitri Mihalas, Karl-Heinz A. Winkler

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-16764-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1986

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-38739-8Published: 05 August 2005

  • Series ISSN: 0075-8450

  • Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

  • Industry Sectors: Aerospace, Electronics