Keywords:
Fluid dynamics.
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Dynamo theory (Cosmic physics).
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Magnetohydrodynamics.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
The increasing power of computer resources along with great improvements in observational data have led to rapid advances in astrophysical fluid dynamics in recent years. Bringing together geophysicists, astrophysicists, and experimenters, this book reviews the current status of the field and provides balanced coverage of all three of these areas. Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), including MHD turbulence, the dynamo problem, and some unique laboratory experiments, receives the particular attention of many of the book's international contributors. The editors illustrate the symbiotic relation between theory and observation throughout the book.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (477 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780203017692
Series Statement:
The Fluid Mechanics of Astrophysics and Geophysics Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=294803
DDC:
523.01/886
Language:
English
Note:
Front cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Accretion discs -- Chapter 2. Discs with MHD turbulence and their response to orbiting planets -- Chapter 3. Mixing at the surface of white dwarf stars -- Chapter 4. Pulsar magnetospheres -- Chapter 5. Magnetic fields in galaxies -- Chapter 6. Self-consistent mean field electrodynamics in two and three dimensions -- Chapter 7. The solar tachocline: Formation, stability and its role in the solar dynamo -- Chapter 8. Magnetoconvection -- Chapter 9. Alfv´en waves within the Earth's core -- Chapter 10. Turbulence models and plane layer dynamos -- Chapter 11. Planetary and stellar dynamos: challenges for next generation models -- Chapter 12. Convection in rotating spherical fluid shells and its dynamo states -- Chapter 13. Laboratory experiments on liquid metal dynamos and liquid metal MHD turbulence -- Index -- Back cover.
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