Fluid dynamics and dynamos in astrophysics and geophysics : reviews emerging from the Durham Symposium on Astrophysical Fluid Mechanics, July 29 to August 8, 2002 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Soward, A. M.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2005.
Series:	The fluid mechanics of astrophysics and geophysics ; Volume 12
Subjects:	Dynamo theory (Cosmic physics) Fluid dynamics. Magnetohydrodynamics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

chapter 1 Accretion discs
chapter 2 Discs with MHD turbulence and their response to orbiting planets
chapter 3 Mixing at the surface of white dwarf stars
chapter 4 Pulsar magnetospheres
chapter 5 Magnetic fields in galaxies
chapter 6 Self-consistent mean field electrodynamics in two and three dimensions
chapter 7 The solar tachocline: Formation, stability and its role in the solar dynamo
chapter 8 Magnetoconvection
chapter 9 Alfve´n waves within the Earth's core
chapter 10 Turbulence models and plane layer dynamos
chapter 11 Planetary and stellar dynamos: challenges for next generation models
chapter 12 Convection in rotating spherical fluid shells and its dynamo states
chapter 13 Laboratory experiments on liquid metal dynamos and liquid metal MHD turbulence.