TY  - BOOK
AU  - Priest,E.R.
TI  - Magnetohydrodynamics of the Sun
SN  - 9781139020732 (ebook)
AV  - QB524 .P75 2014
U1  - 523.7/2 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Solar activity
KW  - Magnetohydrodynamics
KW  - Solar magnetic fields
KW  - Astrophysics
KW  - Sun
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); A description of the Sun -- Basic equations of MHD -- Magnetohydrostatics -- Waves -- Shock waves -- Magnetic reconnection -- Instability -- Dynamo theory -- Magnetoconvection and sunspots -- Heating of the upper atmosphere -- Prominences -- Solar flares and coronal mass ejections -- The solar wind -- Appendices
N2  - Magnetohydrodynamics of the Sun is a completely new up-to-date rewrite from scratch of the 1982 book Solar Magnetohydrodynamics, taking account of enormous advances in understanding since that date. It describes the subtle and complex interaction between the Sun's plasma atmosphere and its magnetic field, which is responsible for many fascinating dynamic phenomena. Chapters cover the generation of the Sun's magnetic field by dynamo action, magnetoconvection and the nature of photospheric flux tubes such as sunspots, the heating of the outer atmosphere by waves or reconnection, the structure of prominences, the nature of eruptive instability and magnetic reconnection in solar flares and coronal mass ejections, and the acceleration of the solar wind by reconnection or wave-turbulence. It is essential reading for graduate students and researchers in solar physics and related fields of astronomy, plasma physics and fluid dynamics. Problem sets and other resources are available at www.cambridge.org/9780521854719
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139020732
ER  -