Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos (eBook)

Eugene N. Parker (Autor)

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2013
200 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4743-3 (ISBN)

Infos

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 "e;conversations"e; 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.

Autor

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.3.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Astrophysics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Astrophysics
• Zusatzinfo: 18 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Elektrodynamik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: accretion disk • Action (physics) • Aharonov–Bohm effect • astrophysical plasma • Atmosphere of Earth • A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism • Boltzmann equation • Charge Density • Charged particle • Chronology of the universe • classical electromagnetism • classical mechanics • Classical physics • Coronal loop • coronal mass ejection • Cosmic Dust • Cosmic Ray • Coulomb collision • Dynamo Theory • Earth's Magnetic Field • Effective mass (solid-state physics) • Electrical resistivity and conductivity • electric charge • electric current • Electric dipole moment • Electric Field • Electric flux • electricity • Electric potential • Electric potential energy • Electrohydrodynamics • Electromagnetic field • Electromagnetic Induction • Electromagnetic radiation • electron • Electron magnetic moment • electron temperature • Experimental Physics • Faraday cage • Faraday effect • Faraday's law of induction • Field effect (semiconductor) • Flux Tube • Galactic halo • gravitational acceleration • Gravitational constant • Gravitational Field • gravitational potential • Gravity • heliosphere • Induction equation • Insulator (electricity) • Interstellar cloud • Ionization • Ionosphere • kinetic theory of gases • Lagrangian (field theory) • Lorentz Force • Lorentz transformation • Magnet • magnetar • magnetic dipole • Magnetic Energy • Magnetic field • Magnetic flux • Magnetic mirror point • Magnetic moment • magnetic monopole • Magnetic pressure • magnetic reconnection • magnetic susceptibility • magnetism • magnetization • Magnetohydrodynamics • Magnetosphere • magnetostatics • Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution • Maxwell stress tensor • neutron star • Newton's law of universal gravitation • Newton's laws of motion • non-equilibrium thermodynamics • Nuclear density • Nucleon • particle acceleration • Particle physics • physicist • Pitch angle (particle motion) • Plasma oscillation • positron • Positronium • quantum mechanics • Shearing (physics) • Special relativity • Stratosphere • Synchrotron radiation • theoretical physics • Thermodynamic Equilibrium • Wave–particle duality • X-ray telescope
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4743-5 / 1400847435
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4743-3 / 9781400847433