ENGLISH

Magneto-Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Case Studies of Natural Phenomena

By Paul Lorrain , François Lorrain , Stéphane Houle (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York
Year
2006
ISBN
978-0-387-33542-1, 978-0-387-47290-4
DOI
10.1007/978-0-387-47290-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4671059 bytes)
Series
Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
Edition
1
Pages
319\338
Time added
2014-02-12 18:00:00
Astrophysics; Astronomy; Classical ElectrodynamicsMagnetic MaterialsPlasma Physics; MagnetismWave Phenomena; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fiel

Description

This book concerns the generation of electric currents and of electric space charges inside conducting media that move in magnetic fields. The authors postulate nothing but the Maxwell equations. They discuss at length the disk dynamo, which serves as a model for the natural self-excited dynamos that generate magnetic fields such as that of sunspots. There are 36 Examples and 13 Case Studies. The Case Studies concern solar phenomena -- magnetic elements, sunspots, spicules, coronal loops -- and the Earth's magnetic field.

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