Solar Granulation

Klappentext This book presents an overview of observational and theoretical knowledge of solar and stellar granulation. Zusammenfassung This book presents an overview of observational and theoretical knowledge of solar and stellar granulation. The observational and theoretical advances described in this book are a testament to the transformation of this branch of stellar physics. The authors take pains to make this complex branch of fluid dynamics accessible to the non-specialist. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Historical introduction; 2. The morphology, evolution and dynamics of the granulation and supergranulation; 3. An introduction to the theory of convection; 4. The theory of astrophysical convection; Interpretation of the granulation and spuergranulation; References; Name index; Subject index.

Product details

• Authors: R. J. Bray, R.j. Loughhead Bray, C. J. Durrant, R. E. Loughhead
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521115513
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11551-3
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Cambridge Astrophysics
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy