Calculations of relativistic hydrodynamics are crucial to several areas of current research in the physics of supernovae and stellar collapse. This book provides an overview of the computational framework in which such calculations have been developed, with examples of applications to real physical systems. Beginning with the development of the equations and differencing schemes for special relativistic hydrodynamics, the book stresses the viability of the Euler-Lagrange approach to most astrophysical problems. It details aspects of solving the Einstein equations together with the fluid dynamics for various astrophysical systems in one, two and three dimensions.
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Wilson and Matthews present an overview of the computational framework in which calculations of relativistic hydrodynamics have been developed, with examples of applications to real physical systems. The book stresses the viability of the Euler -Lagrange approach to most astrophysical problems. It details aspects of solving the Einstein equations together with the fluid dynamics for various astrophysical systems in one, two and three dimensions. Summarizing much of the jargon and methods in the topic, this book will be used by graduate students and advanced researchers in relativistic astrophysics and cosmology.
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smooth accretion, accelerating shocks, general relativistic hydrodynamics, maximal slicing condition, special relativistic hydrodynamics, inertial density, proto neutron star, conformal scalings, conformal flatness, neutrino distribution, nuclear statistical equilibrium, lapse function, real viscosity, grid velocity, hydrodynamic evolution, fluid frame, mass energy density, wall shock, numerical relativity, artificial stress, extrinsic curvature, artificial viscosity, stress energy tensor, coordinate observer, conformal factor Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Classical Covariant Fields (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) by Mark Burgess in Front Matter
- Statistical Field Theory: Volume 1, From Brownian Motion to Renormalization and Lattice Gauge Theory (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) by Claude Itzykson in Front Matter
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