Stretch, Twist, Fold: The Fast Dynamo

by Stephen Childress, Andrew D. Gilbert, Stephen Childress Andrew D. Gilbert Childress

Book Overview

The study of planetary or solar magnetic fields explains natural magnetism as a phenomenon of magnetohydrodynamics. The kinematic dynamo theory, especially the fast dynamo treated in this volume, is somewhat simpler but still it presents formidable analytical problems related to chaotic dynamics, for example. This remarkable book presents the status of the theory, including techniques of numerical simulations and modelling, along with a summary of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540602585
• ISBN13: 9783540602583
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 406 Pages