Spontaneous Current Sheets in Magnetic Fields: With Applications to Stellar X-Rays - Couverture rigide

Parker, Eugene Newman

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195073711 ISBN 13 : 9780195073713

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1994

Synopsis

Expanding upon the ideas first proposed in his seminal book Cosmical Magnetic Fields, Eugen N. Parker here offers the first in-depth treatment of the magnetohydrodynamic theory of spontaneous magnetic discontinuities. In detailing his theory of the spontaneous formation of tangential discontinuities (current sheets) in a magnetic field embedded in highly conducting plasma, Parker shows how it can be used to explain the activity of the external magnetic fields of planets, stars, interstellar gas clouds, and galaxies, as wellas themagnetic fields in laboratory plasmas. Provocative and fascinating, this book presents a bold new theory that will excite interest and discussion throughout the space physics community.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Eugene N. Parker is S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Physics and Astronomy, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago. One of the founders of the field of space plasma physics, Professor Parker is the recipient of many honors, including the United States National Medal of Science and election to the National Academy of Science, where he served as chairman of the Astronomy section from 1983 to 1986.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195073711
• ISBN 13: 9780195073713
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 440
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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