TY - BOOK AU - Rezzolla, Luciano AU - ; Zanotti, Olindo. AU - Luciano Rezzolla. TI - Relativistic hydrodynamics SN - 9780198807599 U1 - 532.05 REZ PY - 2013/// CY - , Oxford PB - : Oxford University Press KW - Hydrodynamics KW - Relativistic fluid dynamics KW - Dynamique des fluides relativistes KW - Hydraulics N1 - 1. A brief review of general relativity 2. A kinetic-theory description of fluids 3. Relativistic perfect fluids 4. Linear and nonlinear hydrodynamic waves 5. Reaction fronts: detonations and deflagrations 6. Relativistic non-perfect fluids 7. Formulations of the Einstein-Euler equations 8. Numerical relativistic hydrodynamics: finite-difference methods 9. Numerical relativistic hydrodynamics: HRSC methods 10. Numerical relativistic hydrodynamics: high-order methods 11. Relativistic hydrodynamics of non-selfgravitating fluids 12. Relativistic hydrodynamics of selfgravitating fluids Appendix A. Geometrised system of units Appendix B. Notable thermodynamic expressions Appendix C. Notable tensors Appendix D. Common practices in numerical relativistic hydrodynamics Appendix E. Numerical building blocks N2 - This title provides an up-to-date, lively and approachable introduction to the mathematical formalism, numerical techniques and applications of relativistic hydrodynamics. The topic is presented here in a form which will be appreciated both by students and researchers in the field ER -