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Magneto-fluid dynamics: fundamentals and case studies of natural phenomena

By Paul Lorrain , François Lorrain , Stephane Houle

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2010
ISBN
144192213X, 9781441922137
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8137937 bytes)
Series
Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
Edition
1st Edition.
Pages
338\338
Time added
2009-08-06 05:14:26

Description

The part "Fundamentals" is novel, first in that it stresses the use of electric currents in Magneto-Fluid-Dynamics. As a rule, authors discuss magnetic field lines without ever referring to the required electric currents. Second, the book stresses the importance of electric space charges inside conductors that move in magnetic fields. It is the custom to disregard both the required electric currents and the field of the space charges; this leads to many absurd results. The "Case Studies" concern solar phenomena and the Earth´s magnetic field, stressing electric currents and electric space charges. Each case study is based on a published, or soon to be published, paper.

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