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020 $z9783642006883 (electronic bk.)
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050 4 $aQC718.5.M36$bS36 2009
100 1 $aSchnack, Dalton D.
245 10 $aLectures in magnetohydrodynamics :$bwith an appendix on extended MHD /$cD.D. Schnack.
260 $aBerlin ;$aNew York :$bSpringer,$cc2009.
300 $axv, 323 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
490 1 $aLecture notes in physics ,$x0075-8450 ;$v780
500 $a"This book consists of lecture notes for an advanced graduate course in magnetohydrodynamics, or MHD, which was taught at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in the Fall Semester of 2007"--P. vii.
530 $aAlso issued electronically via World Wide Web.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"This concise and self-contained primer is based on class-tested notes for an advanced graduate course in MHD. The broad areas chosen for presentation are the derivation and properties of the fundamental equations, equilibrium, waves and instabilities, self-organization, turbulence, and dynamos. The latter topics require the inclusion of the effects of resistivity and nonlinearity. Together, these span the range of MHD issues that have proven to be important for understanding magnetically confined plasmas as well as in some space and astrophysical applications. The combined length and style of the thirty-eight lectures are appropriate for complete presentation in a single semester."--Publisher's website.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Review of Scalars, Vectors, Tensors, and Dyads -- Mass Conservation and the Equation of Continuity -- The Equation of Motion -- Energy Flow -- The Electromagnetic Field -- Closures -- Conservation Laws -- Ideal MHD and the Frozen Flux Theorem -- Resistivity and Viscosity -- Similarity Scaling -- The Wöltjer Invariants of Ideal MHD, Topological Invariance, Magnetic and Cross-Helicity -- Reduced MHD -- Equilibrium: General Considerations--The Virial Theorem -- Simple MHD Equilibria -- Poloidal Beta, Paramagnetism, and Diamagnetism -- "Force-Free" Fields -- Toroidal Equilibrium; The Grad-Shafranov Equation -- Behavior of Small Displacements in Ideal MHD -- Linearized Equations and the Ideal MHD Force Operator -- Boundary Conditions for Linearized Ideal MHD -- Proof that the Ideal MHD Force Operator is Self-Adjoint -- Waves in a Uniform Medium: Special Cases -- Waves in a Uniform Medium: Arbitrary Angle of Propagation -- The Calculus of Variations and the Ideal MHD Energy Principle -- Examples of the Application of the Energy Principle -- The Rayleigh-Ritz Technique for Estimating Eigenvalues -- The Gravitational Interchange Mode or g-Mode -- Comments on the Energy Principle and the Minimizing Eigenfunction -- Examples of the Application of the Energy Principle to Cylindrical Equilibria -- A Very Brief and General Tour of Suydam Analysis for Localized Interchange Instabilities -- Magnetic Reconnection -- Steady Reconnection: The Sweet-Parker Problem -- Resistive Instabilities: The Tearing Mode -- Resistive Instabilities: Closing Remarks -- Turbulence -- MHD Relaxation: Magnetic Self-Organization -- Dynamos: Magnetic Field Generation and Maintenance.
650 0 $aMagnetohydrodynamics.
650 0 $aPhysics
650 0 $aPhysical geography
650 0 $aFluids
650 0 $aAstrophysics
650 0 $aNuclear fusion
650 0 $aPlasma (Ionized gases)
650 14 $aPhysics
650 24 $aAtoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Plasma Physics
650 24 $aExtraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences
650 24 $aGeophysics/Geodesy
650 24 $aFluids
650 24 $aNuclear Fusion
830 0 $aLecture notes in physics ;$v780.
830 0 $aLecture Notes in Physics,$x0075-8450 ;$v780
988 $a20090731
906 $0OCLC