| Fluid Dynamics and Dynamos in Astrophysics and Geophysics Contributor(s): Soward, Andrew M. (Editor), Jones, Christopher A. (Editor), Hughes, David W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0849333555 ISBN-13: 9780849333552 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $218.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: The increasing power of computer resources along with great improvements in observational data have led to rapid advances in astrophysical fluid dynamics in recent years. Bringing together geophysicists, astrophysicists, and experimenters, this book reviews the current status of the field and provides balanced coverage of all three of these areas. Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), including MHD turbulence, the dynamo problem, and some unique laboratory experiments, receives the particular attention of many of the book's international contributors, and throughout the book, the authors illustrate the symbiotic relation between theory and observation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Astrophysics - Science | Physics - Geophysics - Science | Mechanics - Fluids |
| Dewey: 523.018 |
| LCCN: 2004057907 |
| Series: Fluid Mechanics of Astrophysics and Geophysics |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.32" W x 9.38" (1.80 lbs) 492 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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: |