Relativistic Fluids and Magneto-Fluids

An introductory account, which has applications in astrophysics and plasma physics.

Zusammenfassung
In Relativistic Fluids and Magneto-fluids there are chapters on mathematical structure, singluar hypersurfaces in space-time, propagation of weak discontinuities, relativistic simple waves, relativistic geometrical optics, relativistic asymptotic waves, relativistic shock waves, and stability of relativistic shock waves.

Inhalt

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Mathematical structure; 3. Singular hypersurfaces in space-time; 4. Propagation of weak discontinuities; 5. Relativistic simple waves; 6. Relativistic geometrical optics; 7. Relativistic asymptotic waves; 8. Relativistic shock waves; 9. Propagation of relativistic shock waves; 10. Stability of relativistic shock waves; References; Index.