Computational Methods for Astrophysical Fluid Flow: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 27 Lecture Notes 1997 Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

✍ Scribed by Professor R. J. LeVeque, Professor D. Mihalas, Professor E. A. Dorfi, Professor E. Müller (auth.), Dr. O. Steiner, Dr. A. Gautschy (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 522
• Series: Saas-Fee Advanced Courses 27
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Four lectures lead the reader from basic numerical methods for solving hyperbolic partial differential equations to the application of complex simulation codes to selected astrophysical problems. The text highlights the powerful capabilities, the use, and the pitfalls of computational astrophysics. Difficult topics pertaining to astrophysical problem solving, such as gravitation, magnetic fields, reactive flow, and relativity, are addressed. Two lectures are devoted to radiation hydrodynamics. They treat the derivation of the basic equations and numerical methods. This book will be useful to students and researchers in astrophysics and applied mathematics.

✦ Table of Contents

Nonlinear Conservation Laws and Finite Volume Methods....Pages 1-159
Radiation Hydrodynamics....Pages 161-262
Radiation Hydrodynamics: Numerical Aspects and Applications....Pages 263-341
Simulation of Astrophysical Fluid Flow....Pages 343-494

✦ Subjects

Astrophysics;Numerical and Computational Methods;Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis;Computer Applications in Geosciences;Geophysics/Geodesy