Overview
- Provides an understanding of the physics at work in sunspots and solar coronal loops
- This book provides a new approach to Magneto-Fluid-Dynamics (or Magneto-Hydro-Dynamics), mainly in two different ways
- Contrary to the usual custom of discussing imaginary magnetic field lines, the book focuses on the electric currents that are induced in conductors that move in magnetic fields
Part of the book series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (AAL)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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The Early History
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Fundamentals
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Natural Dynamos
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About the authors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Magneto-Fluid Dynamics
Book Subtitle: Fundamentals and Case Studies of Natural Phenomena
Authors: Paul Lorrain, François Lorrain, Stéphane Houle
Series Title: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-47290-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-33542-1Published: 30 August 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2213-7Published: 25 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-47290-4Published: 31 October 2007
Series ISSN: 0941-7834
Series E-ISSN: 2196-9698
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 319
Number of Illustrations: 70 b/w illustrations
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Classical Electrodynamics, Physics, general, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction, Plasma Physics