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Spontaneous Current Sheets in Magnetic Fields

With Applications to Stellar X-rays

By: Eugene N. Parker

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Spontaneous Current Sheets in Magnetic Fields

With Applications to Stellar X-rays

By: Eugene N. Parker

Expanding upon the ideas first proposed in his seminal book Cosmical Magnetic Fields, Eugene N. Parker here offers the first in-depth treatment of the magnetohydrodynamic theory of spontaneous magnetic discontinuities. In detailing his theory of the spontaneous formation of tangential discontinuities (current sheets) in a magnetic field embedded in highly conducting plasma, Parker shows how it can be used to explain the activity of the external magnetic fields of planets, stars, interstellar gas clouds, and galaxies, as well as the magnetic fields in laboratory plasmas. Provocative and fascinating, Spontaneous Current Sheets in Magnetic Fields presents a bold new theory that will excite interest and discussion throughout the space physics community.

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Oxford University Press

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0195360850

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9780195360851

Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos

By: Eugene N. Parker

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Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos

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Today's standard textbooks treat the theoretical structure of electric and magnetic fields, but their emphasis is on electromagnetic radiation and static-electric and magnetic fields. In this book, Eugene Parker provides advanced graduate students and researchers with a much-needed complement to existing texts, one that discusses the dynamic electromagnetism of the cosmos--that is, the vast magnetic fields that are carried bodily in the swirling ionized gases of stars and galaxies and throughout intergalactic space. Parker is arguably the world's leading authority on solar wind and the effects of magnetic fields in the heliosphere, and his originality of thought and distinctive approach to physics are very much in evidence here. Seeking to enrich discussions in standard texts and correct misconceptions about the dynamics of these large-scale fields, Parker engages readers in a series of "conversations" that are at times anecdotal and even entertaining without ever sacrificing theoretical rigor. The dynamics he describes represents the Maxwell stresses of the magnetic field working against the pressure and inertia of the bulk motion of ionized gases, characterized in terms of the magnetic field and gas velocity. Parker shows how this dynamic interaction cannot be fully expressed in terms of the electric current and electric field. Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos goes back to basics to explain why classical hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics are inescapable, even in the deepest reaches of space.

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Princeton University Press

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Spontaneous Current Sheets in Magnetic Fields

With Applications to Stellar X-rays

By: Eugene N. Parker

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Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos

By: Eugene N. Parker

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Spontaneous Current Sheets in Magnetic Fields

Spontaneous Current Sheets in Magnetic Fields

Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos

Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos

Spontaneous Current Sheets in Magnetic Fields

Spontaneous Current Sheets in Magnetic Fields

Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos

Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos

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