• Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

    Astro C202 | Physics C202

    CCN: 06088

    Instructor: Chung-Pei Ma

    Time & Location:

    MW 1030-12P, B1 HEARST ANNEX

    Units:

    4

    Principles of gas dynamics, self-gravitating fluids, magnetohydrodynamics and elementary kinetic theory. Aspects of convection, fluid oscillations, linear instabilities, spiral density waves, shock waves, turbulence, accretion disks, stellar winds, and jets.