Stellar Magnetism (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)

Ongoing studies in mathematical depth, and inferences from helioseismological' observations of the internal solar rotation have shown up the limitations in our knowledge of the solar interior and of our understanding of the solar dynamo, manifested in particular by the sunspot cycle, the Maunder minimum, and solar flares. This second edition retains the identical overall structure as the first edition, but is designed so as to be self-contained with the early chapters presenting the basic physics and mathematics underlying cosmical magnetohydrodynamics, followed by studies of the specific applications appropriate for a book devoted to a central area in astrophysics.
New to this edition:
Chapter 6 gives an account of the present state of dynamo theory in general, and Chapter 8 the applications to the Sun and to other Late-Type' stars with differing rotation rates -- the Solar-Stellar Connection'. The minority of the more massive Early-Type' stars that are observably magnetic are well described by theoblique rotator' model, with a quasi-steady, fossil' magnetic structure frozen' into the highly conducting, non-turbulent envelope. Chapter 9 deals with the considerable progress on the associated theoretical problems.
Chapter 7 contains new material, relevant to both Late- and Early-Type Main Sequence stars, to the evolved Red Giants, and also to contracting pre-Main Sequence stars (Chapter 10}, which show the highest degree of magnetic activity (the magneto-rotational instability, and the magneto-centrifugal winds emitted by the surrounding accretion disk'). In the earlier phases of star formation in molecular clouds (Chapters 11-12), magneto-turbulence' is emerging as the appropriate scenario for the prediction of the mass spectrum of proto-stars, and the associated formation of planetary satellites. Chapter 14 describes developments in the study of the magnetosphere of a pulsar' -- a magnetized neutron star -- consisting of spontaneously generated electron-positron pairs.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	International Series of Monographs on Physics, 154
Release date:	February 2012
First published:	May 2012
Authors:	Leon Mestel
Dimensions:	255 x 183 x 43mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	744
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-964174-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Galaxies, clusters, intergalactic matter > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Solar system > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Relativity physics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics
LSN:	0-19-964174-9
Barcode:	9780199641741

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