General Relativistic Hydrodynamics and Magnetohydrodynamics: Hyperbolic Systems in Relativistic Astrophysics

J. A. Font ()
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J. A. Font: Universidad de Valencia, Departamento de Astronomia y Astrofisica

A chapter in Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics, Applications, 2008, pp 3-17 from Springer

Abstract: Einstein's theory of general relativity plays a major role in astrophysics, particularly in scenarios involving compact objects such as neutron stars and black holes. Those include gravitational collapse, γ-ray burts, accretion, relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei, or the coalescence of compact neutron star (or black hole) binaries. Astronomers have long been scrutinizing these systems using the complete frequency range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Nowadays, they are the main targets for ground-based laser interferometers of gravitational radiation. The direct detection of these elusive ripples in the curvature of space–time, and the wealth of new information that could be extracted thereof, is one of the driving motivations of present-day research in relativistic astrophysics.

Keywords: Black Hole; Neutron Star; Riemann Problem; Active Galactic Nucleus; Riemann Solver (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75712-2_1

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