Physical processes in circumstellar disks around young stars [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paulo J.V. Garcia

• Pubblicazione: Chicago ; ; London, : University of Chicago Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (437 p.)
• Disciplina: 523.8
• Soggetto topico: Disks (Astrophysics); Stars - Formation
• Soggetto non controllato: new stars, dust, circumstellar disks, space, astronomy, solar system, universe, birth of a star, astrophysics, technology, interstellar, planetary systems, planets, stellar evolution, radiation, magnetohydrodynamics, hydrodynamics, gases, chemical processes, chemistry, physics, science, nonfiction, formation, protoplanetary structure, magnetic fields, dispersal, mineralogy, accretion
• Altri autori: GarciaPaulo J. V
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Circumstellar Disks around Young Stars -- 2. Protoplanetary Disk Structure and Evolution -- 3. The Chemical Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks -- 4. Dust Processing and Mineralogy in Protoplanetary Accretion Disks -- 5. Disk Hydrodynamics -- 6. Magnetohydrodynamics of Protostellar Disks -- 7. The Effects of Large-Scale Magnetic Fields on Disk Formation and Evolution -- 8. The Dispersal of Disks around Young Stars -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: Circumstellar disks are vast expanses of dust that form around new stars in the earliest stages of their birth. Predicted by astronomers as early as the eighteenth century, they weren't observed until the late twentieth century, when interstellar imaging technology enabled us to see nascent stars hundreds of light years away. Since then, circumstellar disks have become an area of intense study among astrophysicists, largely because they are thought to be the forerunners of planetary systems like our own-the possible birthplaces of planets. This volume brings
• Titolo autorizzato: Physical processes in circumstellar disks around young stars
• ISBN: 1-283-09757-5; 9786613097576; 0-226-28230-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791975303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II