Lecture notes and exercises on astrophysical gas dynamics and magnetohydrodynamics

Geoff Bicknell

Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics

Australian National University

Here are a number of lectures on astrophysical fluid dynamics and magnetohydrodynamics. There is some overlap with these since they were used in different courses.

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Course outline

Topics, lectures, assessment etc.

Lecture Notes

· Fundamental Equations

· Sound Waves

· Simple Waves

· Shock Waves

· Stellar Winds

· Bubbles

Exercises

· Exercises

Background knowledge