Spheromaks: A Practical Application Of Magnetohydrodynamic Dynamos And Plasma Self-organization (eBook)

Bellan Paul M Bellan (Autor)

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2000
356 Seiten
World Scientific Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-1-78326-219-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Spheromaks are easily formed, self-organized magnetized plasma configurations that have intrigued plasma physicists for over two decades. Sometimes called magnetic vortices, magnetic smoke rings, or plasmoids, spheromaks first attracted attention as a possible controlled thermonuclear plasma confinement scheme, but are now known to have many other applications.This book begins with a review of the basic concepts of magnetohydrodynamics and toroidal magnetic configurations, then provides a detailed exposition of the 3D topological concepts underlying spheromak physics, namely magnetic helicity, Taylor relaxation, force-free equilibria, and tilt stability. It then examines spheromak formation techniques, driven and isolated configurations, dynamo concepts, practical experimental issues, diagnostics, and a number of applications. The book concludes by showing how spheromak ideas are closely related to the physics of solar prominences and interplanetary magnetic clouds.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.1.2000
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Plasmaphysik
• ISBN-10: 1-78326-219-2 / 1783262192
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78326-219-9 / 9781783262199