N. O. Weiss, M. R. E. Proctor

Magnetoconvection

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Produktbeschreibung

Leading experts present the current state of knowledge of the subject of magnetoconvection from the viewpoint of applied mathematics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 410
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 884g
• ISBN-13: 9780521190558
• ISBN-10: 052119055X
• Artikelnr.: 41083381

Autorenporträt

N. O. Weiss is Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Clare College. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a former President of the Royal Astronomical Society, which awarded him a Gold Medal in 2007. His research has centred on astrophysical fluid dynamics and especially on nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic interactions between convection and magnetic fields in the Sun and other stars, as well as in the Earth.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Basic MHD
3. Linearized Boussinesq magnetoconvection
4. The nonlinear regime
5. 2D Boussinesq magnetoconvection
6. 3D Boussinesq magnetoconvection
7. Magnetoconvection, rotation and the dynamo
8. Compressible magnetoconvection
9. Solar and stellar magnetic fields
Appendix A. The Boussinesq and anelastic approximations
Appendix B. Chaotic systems
Appendix C. Double-diffusive convection
Appendix D. Magnetic buoyancy and the magneto-Boussinesq approximation
References
Index.