RMxAA

Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica

ISSN: 3061-8649
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Keywords

Computational Astrophysics
Free Flow
Hydrodynamic Equations
Radiative Transfer
Constitutive Equations
Equations Of State
Radiation Pressure
Radiative Heat Transfer
Astrophysics
Hydrodynamics:Radiative Transfer
Radiative Transfer:Hydrodynamics

How to Cite

Radiation hydrodynamics in astrophysics. (1987). Revista Mexicana De Astronomía Y Astrofísica, 14(1), 573-586. https://astronomia.unam.mx/journals/rmxaa/article/view/1987rmxaa..14..573i

Abstract

Starting from general covariant forms, the inertial and comoving-frame equations of radiation hydrodynamics are analyzed with a view to the relative importance of their different terms in two limit regimes of interest in astrophysics: the free-streaming regime, during radiative and fluid flow time-scales, and the static and dynamic diffusion regimes. Three dimensionless parameters are used: the ratio between material and radiation field energy density, the Boltzmann number, and the radiative Reynolds number. Both linear and nonlinear general solutions are discussed.
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