Solar and Stellar Dynamos Saas-Fee Advanced Course 39 Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy /

• Main Author: Charbonneau, Paul (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Steiner, Oskar (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Saas-Fee Advanced Courses, 39
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Astrophysics.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Magnetism.; Magnetic materials.; Statistical physics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Plasma Physics.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials.; Nonlinear Dynamics.

Astrophysical dynamos are at the heart of cosmic magnetic fields of a wide range of scales, from planets and stars to entire galaxies. This book presents a thorough, step-by-step introduction to solar and stellar dynamos. Looking first at the ultimate origin of cosmic seed magnetic fields, the antag...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Magnetohydrodynamics
• 2 Decay and Amplification of Magnetic Fields
• 3 Dynamo Models of the Solar Cycle
• 4 Fluctuations, Intermittency and Predictivity
• 5 Stellar Dynamos
• A Useful Identities and Theorems from Vector Calculus
• B Coordinate Systems and the Fluid Equations
• C Physical and Astronomical Constants
• D Maxwell’s Equations and Physical Units
• Index.