The Cosmic Dynamo

By International Astronomical Union

Preface. 1. The Solar Dynamo. 2. Long-Term Variability of the Solar Magnetic Cycle. 3. Numerical Simulations of Convection and Dynamo Processes. 4. Late-Type and Other Stars. 5. Magnetic Field Generation in Accretion Disks. 6. General Aspects of Dynamo Theory. 7. Magnetic Fields in Galaxies: Observations. 8. Magnetic Fields in Galaxies: Dynamo Theory. 9. Magnetohydrodynamic Phenomena in the Interstellar Medium Related to Dynamo Processes. 10. Geodynamo and Planetary Dynamos. 11. History.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 079232546X
• ISBN13: 9780792325468
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Length: 532 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"