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Magnetohydrodynamics of the Sun.

By: Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: xix, 560 pages ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780521854719 (hardback)
  • 0521854717 (hardback)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QB524 .P75 2014
Contents:
A description of the Sun -- Basic equations of MHD -- Magnetohydrostatics -- Waves -- Shock waves -- Magnetic reconnection -- Instability -- Dynamo theory -- Magnetoconvection and sunspots -- Heating of the upper atmosphere -- Prominences -- Solar flares and coronal mass ejections -- The solar wind -- Appendices.
Summary: Magnetohydrodynamics of the Sun is a completely new up-to-date rewrite from scratch of the 1982 book Solar Magnetohydrodynamics, taking account of enormous advances in understanding since that date. It describes the subtle and complex interaction between the Sun's plasma atmosphere and its magnetic field, which is responsible for many fascinating dynamic phenomena. Chapters cover the generation of the Sun's magnetic field by dynamo action, magnetoconvection and the nature of photospheric flux tubes such as sunspots, the heating of the outer atmosphere by waves or reconnection, the structure of prominences, the nature of eruptive instability and magnetic reconnection in solar flares and coronal mass ejections, and the acceleration of the solar wind by reconnection or wave-turbulence. It is essential reading for graduate students and researchers in solar physics and related fields of astronomy, plasma physics and fluid dynamics.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab QB524 .P75 2014 1 Available 50583020001453
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library CG QB524 .P75 2014 3 Available 50583020006023
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A description of the Sun -- Basic equations of MHD -- Magnetohydrostatics -- Waves -- Shock waves -- Magnetic reconnection -- Instability -- Dynamo theory -- Magnetoconvection and sunspots -- Heating of the upper atmosphere -- Prominences -- Solar flares and coronal mass ejections -- The solar wind -- Appendices.

Magnetohydrodynamics of the Sun is a completely new up-to-date rewrite from scratch of the 1982 book Solar Magnetohydrodynamics, taking account of enormous advances in understanding since that date. It describes the subtle and complex interaction between the Sun's plasma atmosphere and its magnetic field, which is responsible for many fascinating dynamic phenomena. Chapters cover the generation of the Sun's magnetic field by dynamo action, magnetoconvection and the nature of photospheric flux tubes such as sunspots, the heating of the outer atmosphere by waves or reconnection, the structure of prominences, the nature of eruptive instability and magnetic reconnection in solar flares and coronal mass ejections, and the acceleration of the solar wind by reconnection or wave-turbulence. It is essential reading for graduate students and researchers in solar physics and related fields of astronomy, plasma physics and fluid dynamics.

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