Lorrain / Houle Magneto-Fluid Dynamics

Fundamentals and Case Studies of Natural Phenomena
2006
ISBN: 978-0-387-47290-4
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 319 Seiten

Reihe: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library

This book provides an understanding of the physics at work in sunspots and solar coronal loops, and offers a new approach to Magneto-Fluid-Dynamics (or Magneto-Hydro-Dynamics).The book stresses the use of electric currents in Magneto-Fluid-Dynamics. As a rule, authors discuss magnetic field lines without referring to the required electric currents. It also stresses the importance of electric space charges inside conductors that move in magnetic fields.

Paul Lorrain is the main author of three books: Electromagnetic Fields and Waves, third edition 1988, Electromagnetism, Principles and Applications, second edition, 1990, and Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Phenomena, first edition 2000, all published by Freeman, New York.  He is also the main author of 22 papers published in the last 22 years in major physics, astrophysics, and plasma physics journals.  He has worked in universities and research institutes in several countries.  He is presently Visiting Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at McGill University in Montréal, Canada. François Lorrain is a co-author of the first and third of the above three books. He has also published a book, Réseaux sociaux et classifications sociales ; essai sur l'algèbre et la géométrie des structures sociales, Hermann, Paris, 1975. In relation to Magneto-Fluid-Dynamics, he has recently published an article entitled 'Estimating the order of magnitude of derivatives in physics by means of characteristic lengths and times' in the American Journal of Physics, 72 (5), May 2004, pp. 683-690. Presently he teaches in the Département de mathématiques et d'informatique, Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, Montréal (QC), Canada.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lorrain, Paul

Lorrain, Francois

Houle, Stephane

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Vector definitions, identities, and theorems;2
2;Contents;8
3;List of Figures;15
4;Preface;17
5;List of Symbols;29
6;The Early History;31
6.1;1 The Early History;32
7;Fundamentals;45
7.1;2 The Maxwell Equations;46
7.2;3 Electric Fields;58
7.3;4 Constant Magnetic Fields;72
7.4;5 Time- dependent Magnetic Fields: The Law of Faraday;90
8;Moving Conductors;97
8.1;6 Ohm's Law for Moving Conductors;98
8.2;7 Charges Inside Moving Conductors;112
8.3;8 Nine Examples: Magnetic Fields in Moving Conductors;127
8.4;9 Case Study: The Azimuthal Magnetic Field in the Earth's Core;148
9;Natural Dynamos;168
9.1;10 Case Study: The Disk Dynamo Model for Natural Dynamos;169
9.2;11 Three Case Studies: Magnetic Flux Tubes, Flux Ropes, and Flux Coils;180
9.3;12 Case Study: Solar Magnetic Elements;209
9.4;13 Case Study: Sunspots;225
9.5;14 Case Study: Solar Spicules;243
9.6;15 Case Study: Solar Coronal Loops as Self- Channeled Proton Beams I;259
9.7;16 Case Study: Solar Coronal Loops as Self- Channeled Proton Beams II;272
10;Appendices;290
10.1;A Characteristic Lengths and Times, a Justification;291
10.2;B SI prefixes;312
11;References;313
12;Index;325
13;Maxwell's equations;338