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Magnetic reconnection : MHD theory and applications
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Magnetic reconnection : MHD theory and applications

Author: Eric Ronald Priest; Terry G Forbes
Publisher: Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, c 2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A lucid introduction to the theory of magnetic reconnection and a wide-ranging review of its applications.

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Eric Ronald Priest; Terry G Forbes
ISBN: 0521033942 0521481791 9780521033947 9780521481793
OCLC Number: 246604561
Description: XII, 600 S : Ill., graph. Darst.
Contents: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Current-sheet formation; 3. Magnetic annihilation; 4. Steady reconnection: the classical solutions; 5. Steady reconnection: new generation of fast regimes; 6. Unsteady reconnection: the tearing mode; 7. Unsteady reconnection: other approaches; 8. Reconnection in three dimensions; 9. Laboratory applications; 10. Magnetospheric applications; 11. Solar applications; 12. Astrophysical applications; 13. Particle acceleration; References; Appendices; Index.
Responsibility: Eric Priest; Terry Forbes.

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'Solar and stellar flares, geomagnetic sub-storms and tokamak (toroidal magnetic chamber) disruptions are amongst the most dynamic reconnection phenomena studied today. there are few areas of Read more...

 
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