ASTR 502 - Astrophysical Dynamics
This graduate course provides an introduction to stellar dynamics and fluid dynamics. Topics include two body collisions, two body relaxation, potential theory for stellar systems, adiabatic invariants, stellar system models, Jeans equations, and the virial theorem, as well as hydrodynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, waves, instabilities, shocks, and explosions.
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