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Stellar magnetism is the study of the magnetic field of the sun and other stars and is a rapidly developing field of astrophysics. This book offers an authoritative account of the field.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Figure acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations in Reference Lists""; ""1 Introduction""; ""1.1 Historical survey""; ""1.2 Stellar magnetic fields""; ""Bibliography""; ""2 Theoretical basis""; ""2.1 Maxwellâ€?s equations and the magnetohydrodynamic approximation""; ""2.2 Properties of cosmical plasmas""; ""2.3 Macroscopic equations for a fully ionized gas: the two-fiuid model""; ""2.3.1 Equations to the flow of the whole gas""; ""2.3.2 The generalized Ohmâ€?s law""; ""2.4 The energy equation of a fully ionized gas""; ""2.5 Kinematic coupling""; ""2.6 Dynamical coupling""
""2.7 The three-fluid model""""2.8 â€?Anomalousâ€? resistivity""; ""Bibliography""; ""3 Applications""; ""3.1 Magnetosonic waves""; ""3.2 Magnetohydrodynamic shocks""; ""3.3 Self-gravitating systems: the virial theorems""; ""3.4 Magnetostatic equilibrium: force-free fields""; ""3.5 Magnetic helicity""; ""3.6 Stability""; ""3.6.1 The MHD energy principle""; ""3.6.2 Illustrative examples""; ""3.6.3 The pinched cylindrical discharge""; ""3.6.4 The Kelvinâ€?Helmholtz instability""; ""3.6.5 Stability of rotating systems""; ""3.7 Effects of dissipation: reconnection""
""3.7.1 Reconnection in a medium at rest""""3.7.2 The Sweetâ€?Parker model""; ""3.7.3 Fast reconnection""; ""3.7.4 Hall reconnection""; ""3.8 Macroscopic dissipation""; ""Appendix: Poloidal and toroidal fields""; ""Bibliography""; ""4 Magnetism and convection""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 The angular velocity distribution in a convective zone""; ""4.2.1 The Reynolds stresses""; ""4.2.2 Departure from adiabaticity""; ""4.3 The effect of convective motions on an imposed magnetic field""; ""4.4 A strong imposed field and the onset of convection""; ""4.4.1 Imposed field vertical""
""4.4.2 Imposed field horizontal""""4.5 Non-linear theory: recent developments""; ""4.5.1 The non-magnetic problem""; ""4.5.2 Magnetoconvection""; ""4.6 Sunspots, pores, and isolated flux tubes""; ""4.7 Magnetic buoyancy""; ""4.7.1 Flux tubes""; ""4.7.2 Instability in magnetically supported domains""; ""4.7.3 Non-linear developments""; ""4.8 Solar activity""; ""4.8.1 Flux tube dynamics""; ""4.8.2 Chromospheric and coronal MHD""; ""Bibliography""; ""5 Magnetic fields in stellar interiors""; ""5.1 General considerations""; ""5.2 Magnetic fields and stellar rotation""
""5.2.1 Axisymmetric states""""5.2.2 â€?Quasi-steadyâ€?, non-axisymmetric states""; ""5.3 Stability""; ""5.4 Laminar meridian flow in radiative domains""; ""5.5 The interaction between rotation, magnetism, and circulation""; ""5.5.1 Steady-state integrals""; ""5.5.2 Equatorial acceleration""; ""5.5.3 The approach to a quasi-steady state""; ""5.6 Ohmic decay of primeval magnetic fields""; ""5.6.1 Decay of a purely poloidal field""; ""5.6.2 Decay of a mixed poloidalâ€?toroidal field""; ""5.7 The Biermann â€?batteryâ€? process""; ""5.7.1 Coupling with a poloidal field""
Previous edition: Oxford: Clarendon, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
International series of monographs on physics ; 154