Numerical Modelling of Astrophysical Turbulence
In this "SpringerBrief" the author considers the underlying problems and questions that are common to numerical models of turbulence in different astrophysical systems.
Turbulence has emerged as an important research topic in several areas of astrophysi
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Wolfram Schmidt
Numerical Modelling of Astrophysical Turbulence
SpringerBriefs in Astronomy
Series Editors Martin A. Ratcliffe Wolfgang Hillebrandt Michael Inglis
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Wolfram Schmidt
Numerical Modelling of Astrophysical Turbulence
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Wolfram Schmidt Institut für Astrophysik Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Germany
ISSN 2191-9100 ISBN 978-3-319-01474-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-01475-3
ISSN 2191-9119 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-01475-3 (eBook)
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Preface
Turbulence has emerged as an important research topic in several areas of astrophysics, ranging from stellar astrophysics to cosmology. In contrast to terrestrial turbulence, astrophysical turbulence encompasses regimes that are hardly accessible by laboratory measurements. Although pure turbulent dynamics is a scale invariant process, invariance is broken by gravity and thermal processes in astrophysical systems. The situation is further complicated by interactions with magnetic fields, chemical processes, and a diversity of different mechanisms of energy injection. Even for the most id
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