Dynamics of astrophysical discs : the proceedings of a conference at the Department of Astronomy, University of Manchester, 13-16 December 1988 /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989. |
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| Description: | xv, 257 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1017768 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Names and addresses of participants
- Conference photograph
- 1. Spiral waves in Saturn's rings
- 2. Structure of the Uranian rings
- 3. Planetary rings: theory
- 4. Simulations of light scattering in planetary rings
- 5. Accretion discs around young stellar objects and the proto-Sun
- 6. The à Pictoris disc: a planetary rather than a protoplanetary one
- 7. Optical polarimetry and thermal imaging of the disc axound à Pictoris
- 8. Observations of discs around protostars and young stars
- 9. VLA observations of ammonia towaxd moleculax outflow sources
- 10. Derivation of the physical properties of molecular discs by an MEM method
- 11. Masers associated with discs around young stars
- 12. The nature of polarisation discs axound young stars
- 13. The correlation between the main parameters of the interstellar gas (including Salpeter's spectrum of masses) as a result of the development of turbulent Rossby waves
- 14. Discs in cataclysmic variables and X-ray binaries
- 15. A disc instability model for soft X-ray transients containing black holes
- 16. X-ray variability from the accretion disc of NGC 5548
- 17. Viscously heated coronae and winds around accretion discs
- 18. Optical emission line profiles of symbiotic stars
- 19. The effect of formation of Fell in winds confined to discs for luminous stars
- 20. Observational evidence for accretion discs in active galactic nuclei
- 21. The fuelling of active galactic nuclei by non-axisynlinetric instabilities
- 22. The circum-nuclear disc in the Galactic centre
- 23. Non-axisymmetric instabilities in thin self-gravitating differentially rotating gaseous discs
- 24. Non-linear evolution of non-axisymmetric perturbations in thin self-gravitating gaseous discs
- 25. Eccentric gravitational instabilities in nearly Keplerian discs
- 26. Gravity mode instabilities in accretion tori
- 27. The stability of viscous supersonic shear flows - critical Reynolds numbers and their implications for accretion discs
- 28. Asymptotic analysis of overstable convective modes of uniformly rotating stars
- 29. Polytropic models in very rapid rotation
- 30. Distribution and kinematics of gas in galaxy discs
- 31. Are the smallest galaxies optically invisible?
- 32. Can we understand the constancy of rotation curves?
- 33. How well do we know the surface density of the Galactic disc?
- 34. On the heating of the Galactic disc
- 35. The bulge-disc interaction in galactic centres
- 36. Dynamics of the large-scale disc in NGC 1068
- 37. The flow of gas in barred galaxies
- 38. The warped dust lane in A1029-459
- 39. Structure and evolution of dissipative non-planar galactic discs
- 40. Non-axisymmetric magnetic fields in turbulent gas discs
- 41. Non-axisymmetric disturbances in galactic discs
- 42. Spiral instabilities in N-body simulations
- 43. Long-lived spiral waves in N-body simulations
- 44. Overstable modes in stellar disc systems
- 45. Galactic seismological approach to the spiral galaxy NGC 3198
- 46. Characteristics of bars from 3-1) simulations
- 47. Spirals and bars in linear theory
- 48. Stellar hydrodynamical solutions for Eddington discs
- 49. Theory of gradient instabilities of the gaseous Galactic disc and rotating shallow water
- 50. Stability criteria for gravitating discs
- 51. Stability of two-component galactic discs
- 52. The smoothed particle hydrodynamics of galactic discs
- 53. Tidal triggering of active disc galaxies by rich clusters
- 54. The formation of spiral arms in early stages of galaxy interaction
- 55. Formation of leading spiral arms in retrograde galaxy encounters
- 56. The influence of galaxy interactions on stellar bars
- 57. Disc galaxies - work in progress in Gothenburg
- 58. Motion of a satellite in a disc potential
- 59. Observer's summary
- 60. Common processes and problems in disc dynamics
- Citation index
- Index of authors
- Subject index
