Self-Exciting Fluid Dynamos
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date:
- 13 May 2019
- 25 April 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781107588691
- 9781107065871
- 9781108717052
- Dimensions:
- (247 x 174 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 1.22kg, 536 Pages
- Dimensions:
- (247 x 174 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 1.08kg, 536 Pages
- Subjects:
- Solar and Space Plasma Physics, Mathematics, Differential and Integral Equations, Dynamical Systems and Control Theory, Physics and Astronomy, Mathematical Physics, Fluid Dynamics and Solid Mechanics
- Series:
- Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics (59)
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- Solar and Space Plasma Physics, Mathematics, Differential and Integral Equations, Dynamical Systems and Control Theory, Physics and Astronomy, Mathematical Physics, Fluid Dynamics and Solid Mechanics
- Series:
- Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics (59)
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Book description
Exploring the origins and evolution of magnetic fields in planets, stars and galaxies, this book gives a basic introduction to magnetohydrodynamics and surveys the observational data, with particular focus on geomagnetism and solar magnetism. Pioneering laboratory experiments that seek to replicate particular aspects of fluid dynamo action are also described. The authors provide a complete treatment of laminar dynamo theory, and of the mean-field electrodynamics that incorporates the effects of random waves and turbulence. Both dynamo theory and its counterpart, the theory of magnetic relaxation, are covered. Topological constraints associated with conservation of magnetic helicity are thoroughly explored and major challenges are addressed in areas such as fast-dynamo theory, accretion-disc dynamo theory and the theory of magnetostrophic turbulence. The book is aimed at graduate-level students in mathematics, physics, Earth sciences and astrophysics, and will be a valuable resource for researchers at all levels.
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