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Author:   Shoji Kato ,  Jun Fukue
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   Second Edition 2026
ISBN:  

9789819518838

ISBN 10:   9819518830
Pages:   827
Publication Date:   07 January 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- Basic Equations for Hydrodynamics.- Astrophysical Fluid Flows.- Wave Phenomena in Astrophysical Objects.- Convection and Related Topics.- Dynamical Instability and Dynamical Excitation of Oscillations.- Instabilities Due to Dissipative Processes: Secular Instability.- Overstability Due to Dissipative Processes: Excitation of Oscillations.- Multi-Component Fluids.- Special Relativistic Hydrodynamics.- General Relativistic Hydrodynamics.- Derivation of Magnetohydrodynamical Equations from Boltzmann Equation.- MHD Equations and Basic Characteristics of Magnetic Fields.- Astrophysical MHD Flows.- Waves and Shocks in Magnetohydrodynamical Fluids.- Astrophysical Dynamo.- General Stability Theorem for MHD Systems.- Instability Related to Magnetic Fields.- Important Non-Ideal MHD Processes.- Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics.- Basic Concepts of Radiative Fluids.- Basic Equations for Radiative Transfer.- Basic Equations for Radiation Hydrodynamics.- Astrophysical RHD Flows.- Wave and Instability in Radiative Fluids.- Special Relativistic Radiative Transfer.- Special Relativistic Radiation Hydrodynamics.- Radiation Hydrodynamics in a Moving Plasma with Compton Scattering.- General Relativistic Radiation Hydrodynamics.- Equations Describing Dynamics.- Elementary Processes among Particles and Photons.

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Shoji Kato is an emeritus professor at Kyoto University. He received his Doctor of Science from the University of Tokyo in 1963 and became an assistant professor there at the Department of Astronomy in the same year. In 1971, he moved to the Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University, and served as an associate professor until 1975 and as a professor until 1998. After becoming an emeritus professor at Kyoto University in 1998, he was appointed as a professor at the Faculty of Economy and the Faculty of Informatics, Nara Gakuen University (formerly Nara Sangyo University) in 1999 and 2001, respectively, and retired in 2007. Currently, he is an emeritus professor at Nara Gakuen University. He is a member of the Astronomical Society of Japan. Jun Fukue is a professor at Osaka Kyoiku University. He received his Doctor of Science from Kyoto University in 1983 and subsequently served as a research fellow supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science until 1984. He was appointed as an assistant professor, associate professor, and professor at Osaka Kyoiku University in 1984, 1989, and 2004 respectively. He is a member of the Astronomical Society of Japan.

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