ASTM112 ASTROPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS

J. Thompson, S. V. Vorontsov

Astronomy Unit, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary & Westfield College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS

Contents

Lecture 1 Basic fluid equations

Lecture 2 Simple models of astrophysical fluids and their motions

Lecture 3 Jeans instability and star formation. Spherically symmetric accretion and stellar winds

Lecture 4 Theory of rotating bodies

Lecture 5 Radial oscillations of stars

Lecture 6 Linear adiabatic nonradial oscillations. Helioseismology


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