Introduction to molecular beams gas dynamics / Giovanni Sanna, Giuseppe Tomassetti.

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.