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Book reviews
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Review ofmass-transfer induced activity in galaxies, I. Shlosman (ed.), ISBN 0 521 47195 8), cambridge university press, xx+504 pp., L45 hb, $69.95
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All's knot quiet on the recombination front
Molecular clouds are clumpy on length scales down to the limits of observational resolution. At least some ultracompactHii regions (UCHiiR) may result from the interaction of a young early type star and this type...
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Flows and shocks in active galaxies and their nuclei
Observations of active galactic nuclei imply that shocks must be an essential and important part of their structure. We outline the basic observations, and discuss those features which must be addressed by any...
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Wide intermediate scale structures in mass-loaded flows
We showed in earlier work that a clump embedded in tenuous plasma, which is flowing subsonically relative to the clump, will develop a long thin tail whether the gas in the tail behaves adiabatically or isothe...
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Line forming regions in active galaxies and their nuclei
The spectra of active galaxies and their nuclei are rich in emission and absorption line features. A major aim of present research is the development of self-consistent hydrodynamic models for the production o...
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The Fine Structures of Planetary Nebulae
Most theoretical studies of the dynamics of planetary nebulae assume that the slow ejecta from the red-giant or asymptotic giant branch phase of evolution of the central star is distributed smoothly. We consid...
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Structure and Stability of Ionization Fronts
The study of the dynamics of ionization fronts has moved far since Franz Kahn helped define the field in the 1950s. Nevertheless, the stability of the fronts and the nature of elephant trunks and bright rims i...
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Some Recent Results on MHD Shocks and Winds
Work on the rotation of the magnetic field around the shock propagation direction in an oblique shock in a dusty medium is reviewed. A significant observational consequence is that the rotation lowers the mini...
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Recent Experimental Results and Modelling of High-Mach-Number Jets and the Transition to Turbulence
In recent years, we have carried out experiments at the University of Rochester’s Omega laser in which supersonic, dense-plasma jets are formed by the interaction of strong shocks in a complex target assembly ...
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Shock Propagation Through Multiphase Media*
This paper presents two and three dimensional simulations of the interaction of shocks with media with large numbers of dense inclusions. An approximate model of the interaction of a starburst wind with the su...
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Numerical Simulations and Astrophysical Applications of Laboratory Jets at Omega
We have conducted experiments on the Omega laser at the University of Rochester that have produced jets of supersonic Ti impacting and being deflected by a ball of high density plastic. These mm-sized jets of ...
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Photoionized Flows from Magnetized Globules
Low mass star formation may be triggered by the dynamical effects of radiation fields and winds from massive stars on nearby molecular material. The columns of neutral material observed at the edges of many Hii r...
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Laboratory experiments to study supersonic astrophysical flows interacting with clumpy environments
A wide variety of objects in the universe drive supersonic outflows through the interstellar medium which is often highly clumpy. These inhomogeneities affect the morphology of the shocks that are generated. T...