PHYS 211B: ASTROPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS

University of California, Riverside

4 Units, Lecture, 3; consultation, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 211A. Covers hydrodynamics, sound waves, turbulence, supersonic turbulence, magnetohydrodynamics, Alfven waves, extragalactic relativistic jets, supersonic jets, galactic spiral structure and density-wave theory, accretion disk theory, Balbus-Hawley instability, and stellar winds. May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor.