Spontaneous Current Sheets in Magnetic Fields: With Applications to Stellar X-rays (International Series on Astronomy and Astrophysics)

Parker, Eugene N.

ISBN 10: 0195073711 / ISBN 13: 9780195073713

Published by Oxford University Press, 1994

About this Item

From publisher s library. Marking on the spine and faint shelfwear along edge on front of hardback cover. Bookplate on inside cover and library stamp, otherwise book is new, never read, pages clean and crisp. 0719A.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spontaneous Current Sheets in Magnetic Fields: With Applications to Stellar X-rays (International Series on Astronomy and Astrophysics)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195073711
• ISBN 13: 9780195073713
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Eugene N. Parker is S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Physics and Astronomy, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago. One of the founders of the field of space plasma physics, Professor Parker is the recipient of many honors, including the United States National Medal of Science and election to the National Academy of Science, where he served as chairman of the Astronomy section from 1983 to 1986.