Relativistic Fluids and Magneto-fluids: With Applications in Astrophysics and Plasma Physics

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Relativistic Fluids and Magneto-fluids: With Applications in Astrophysics and Plasma Physics
Authors and Contributors      By (author) A. M. Anile
SeriesCambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 151
ISBN/Barcode 9780521018128
ClassificationsDewey:523.01
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 15 December 2005
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This highly acclaimed series of monographs provides introductory accounts of specialized topics in mathematical physics for graduate students and research workers. The monographs in this series are of outstanding scholarship and written by those at the very frontiers of research. Subject areas covered include cosmology, astrophysics, relativity theory, particle physics, quantum theory, nuclear physics, statistical mechanics, condensed matter physics, plasma physics and the theory of chaos.

Reviews

'The author presents a systematic treatment of the main aspects of relativistic fluid mechanics and magnetohydrodynamics ... This book, clearly written in a reasonably abstract style, may be warmly recommended to theoretical astrophysicists and applied mathematicians.' Zentralblatt MATH