TY - BOOK AU - Sanna,Giovanni AU - Tomassetti,Giuseppe TI - Introduction to molecular beams gas dynamics SN - 1860945562 AV - QC173.4.M65 S25 2005 U1 - 533/.2 22 PY - 2005/// CY - London, Hackensack, NJ PB - Imperial College Press, Distributed by World Scientific Pub. KW - Molecular beams KW - Gas dynamics KW - Jets KW - Fluid dynamics KW - Supersonic nozzles N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Gas properties -- The non-equilibrium equations and the relaxation of the internal degrees of freedom -- The fundamental equations of gas dynamics -- Isoentropic flow. Characteristic lines -- The method of characteristics -- The shock waves -- The flow in nozzles and jets -- The supersonic free jet -- Application of the Boltzmann equation to a jet of monatomic gas -- Characterization of a particle source and extraction of the molecular beam -- The condensation in a supersonic free jet -- Some different topics -- Appendixes ER -