Fluid Dynamics and Dynamos in Astrophysics and Geophysics

Andrew M. Soward, Christopher A. Jones, David W. Hughes, Nigel O. Weiss (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

492 Seiten

2005
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8493-3355-2 (ISBN)

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Reviews the status of the field of astrophysical fluid dynamics. This book includes such topics as Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), including MHD turbulence, the dynamo problem, and some laboratory experiments. It illustrates the symbiotic relation between theory and observation.

The increasing power of computer resources along with great improvements in observational data in recent years have led to some remarkable and rapid advances in astrophysical fluid dynamics. The subject spans three distinct but overlapping communities whose interests focus on (1) accretion discs and high-energy astrophysics; (2) solar, stellar, and galactic magnetic fields; and (3) the geodynamo, planetary magnetic fields, and associated experiments. This book grew out of a special conference sponsored by the London Mathematical Society with the support of EPSRC that brought together leading researchers in all of these areas to exchange ideas and review the status of the field.

The many interesting problems addressed in this volume concern:

Andrew M. Soward, Christopher A. Jones, David W. Hughes, Nigel O. Weiss

Accretion Discs. Discs with Mhd Turbulence and Their Response to Orbiting Planets. Mixing at the Surface of White Dwarf Stars. Pulsar Magnetospheres. Magnetic Fields in Galaxies. Self-Consistent Mean Field Electrodynamics in Two and Three Dimensions. The Solar Tachocline: Formation, Stability and Its Role in the Solar Dynamo. Magnetoconvection. Alfvén Waves Within the Earth's Core. Turbulence Models and Plane Layer Dynamos. Planetary and Stellar Dynamos: Challenges for Next Generation Models. Convection in Rotating Spherical Fluid Shells and Its Dynamo States. Laboratory Experiments on Liquid Metal Dynamos and Liquid Metal Mhd Turbulence. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.3.2005
Reihe/Serie	The Fluid Mechanics of Astrophysics and Geophysics
Zusatzinfo	5 Tables, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and white; 118 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Bosa Roca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	839 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
Themenwelt	Technik ► Bauwesen
ISBN-10	0-8493-3355-5 / 0849333555
ISBN-13	978-0-8493-3355-2 / 9780849333552
Zustand	Neuware