Dynamos: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2007

ISBN-13: 9780080548128 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 464 str.

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Opis

Dynamos is a collection of lectures given in July 2007 at the Les Houches Summer School on "Dynamos."

• Provides a pedagogical introduction to topics in Dynamos
• Addresses each topic from the basis to the most recent developments
• Covers the lectures by internationally-renowned and leading experts

Spis treści

1. T. Alboussière, Fundamentals of MHD
2. C.A. Jones, Dynamo Theory
3. P. Olson, Planetary Magnetism
4. A. Shukurov and Dmitry Sokoloff, Astrophysical Dynamos
5. B. Dubrulle, Turbulence and Dynamo
6. Y. Ponty, Numerical Modeling of Liquid Metal Dynamo Experiments
7. M. Dumberry, Taylor's Constraint and Torsional Oscillations
8. C.C. Finlay, Waves in the Presence of Magnetic Fields, Rotation and Convection
9. S. Stanley, Dynamos of the Ice Giants