Schedule for Jan 2021

Advanced Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

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→ Course Description

→ This is a 7.5hp-course

  • Mon 25 Jan. 9-11
    Fluids in astrophysical environments; hydrodynamic equations, specific entropy, hydrostatic equilibrium

  • Thu 28 Jan, 9-11
    Energy conservation and shocks (+ computer session)

  • Mon 1 Feb, 9-11
    Stellar winds and blast waves

  • Thu 4 Feb, 9-11
    Rayleigh-Benard convection

  • Mon 8 Feb, 9-11
    Convection and mixing length theory; dimensional analysis, blast waves; computer exercises: waves and energy conservation

  • Thu 11 Feb, 9-11

    Dimensional arguments Lecture 5b (annotated)
    Thin accretion discs Lecture 6 (annotated)

  • Mon 15 Feb, 9-11
    Thermal instability, stable and unstable fixed points, linear stability analysis, Field criterion

  • Thu 18 Feb, 9-11
    Magnetosonic waves and magnetorotational instability (+ computer session); magnetic helicity,

  • Mon 22 Feb, 9-11
    Basic aspects of turbulence and turbulent structures;

  • Thu 25 Feb, 13-15
    Cascades and cascade models of turbulence Presentation of results of exercises, discussion of project work

  • Mon 1 Mar, 9-11
    Decaying turbulence

  • Thu 4 Mar, 9-11
    Laminar and turbulent dynamos (+ computer session); computer exercise: dynamo excitation.

  • Mon 8 Mar, 9-11
    Stellar differential rotation, Λ effect

  • Thu 11 Mar, 9-11
    First-order smoothing, τ approximation, catastrophic quenching Computer exercises: magnetic relaxation, mean-field dynamo models; Measuring turbulent transport coeficients from turbulence simulations

  • Mon 15 Mar, 9-11
    The chiral magnetic effect in relativistic fluids

  • Thu 18 Mar, 9-11
    Aspects of relativistic fluid dynamics and MHD; relativistic shocks

  • Mon 22 Mar, 9-11
    Driving gravitational waves from turbulence (+ computer session)

  • Thu 25 Mar, 9:00-11:00
    Student presentations

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