Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos (Princeton Series in Astrophysics) - Couverture souple

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Parker, Eugene N.

 
9780691128412: Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos (Princeton Series in Astrophysics)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0691128413 ISBN 13 : 9780691128412
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Today's standard textbooks treat the theoretical structure of electric and magnetic fields, but their emphasis is on electromagnetic radiation and static-electric and magnetic fields. In this book, Eugene Parker provides advanced graduate students and researchers with a much-needed complement to existing texts, one that discusses the dynamic electromagnetism of the cosmos--that is, the vast magnetic fields that are carried bodily in the swirling ionized gases of stars and galaxies and throughout intergalactic space.

Parker is arguably the world's leading authority on solar wind and the effects of magnetic fields in the heliosphere, and his originality of thought and distinctive approach to physics are very much in evidence here. Seeking to enrich discussions in standard texts and correct misconceptions about the dynamics of these large-scale fields, Parker engages readers in a series of "conversations" that are at times anecdotal and even entertaining without ever sacrificing theoretical rigor. The dynamics he describes represents the Maxwell stresses of the magnetic field working against the pressure and inertia of the bulk motion of ionized gases, characterized in terms of the magnetic field and gas velocity. Parker shows how this dynamic interaction cannot be fully expressed in terms of the electric current and electric field.


Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos goes back to basics to explain why classical hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics are inescapable, even in the deepest reaches of space.

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À propos de l?auteur

Eugene N. Parker is S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Chicago.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691128413
ISBN 13 
9780691128412
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
196
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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ISBN 10 :  0691128405 ISBN 13 :  9780691128405
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2007
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