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Preface from the original version of this HyperText Book (H_Book):

November 18, 1994

Much of our present, basic understanding of the structure, stability, and dynamical evolution of individual stars, short-period binary star systems, and the gaseous disks that are associated with numerous types of stellar systems (including galaxies) is derived from an examination of the behavior of a specific set of coupled, partial differential equations. These equations — most of which also are heavily utilized in studies of continuum flows in terrestrial environments — are thought to govern the underlying physics of all macroscopic "fluid" systems in astronomy. Although relatively simple in form, they prove to be very rich in nature... <more>

Pictorial Table of Contents

• Pictorial Table of Contents

Context

• Principal Governing Equations
  • Continuity Equation
  • Euler Equation
    • Rotating Reference Frame
  • <math>1^\mathrm{st}</math> Law of Thermodynamics
  • Poisson Equation

• Supplemental Relations
  • Total Pressure
    • Quartic Temperature Solution

• Virial Equations

Applications

Spherically Symmetric Configurations

Introduction

Structure:

• Solution Strategies
• Example Solutions:
  • Uniform-density sphere
  • Polytropes
  • Power-law density distribution
  • Zero-temperature White Dwarf
  • Isothermal sphere

Stability:

• Solution Strategy
• Example Solutions:
  • Uniform-density sphere
  • Polytropes

Two-Dimensional Configurations

• Introduction
  • Axisymmetric Configurations

Structure:

• Solution Strategies
  • Axisymmetric Configurations

• Example Solutions:
  • Maclaurin Spheroids
  • Infinitesimally Thin, Nonaxisymmetric Disk

Three-Dimensional Configurations

• Introduction
  • Properties of Homogeneous Ellipsoids

Structure:

• Solution Strategies
• Example Solutions:
  • Ellipsoidal Figures of Equilibrium
  • Compressible Analogs of Riemann Ellipsoids

Appendices

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