Spontaneous current sheets in magnetic fields : with applications to stellar x-rays /

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Author / Creator:	Parker, E. N. (Eugene Newman), 1927-
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 420 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	International series on astronomy and astrophysics ; 1 International series on astronomy and astrophysics ; 1.
Subject:	Solar x-rays. Cosmic magnetic fields. Magnetostatics. Stars -- Corona. Cosmic magnetic fields. Magnetostatics. Solar x-rays. Sun -- Corona. Sun. Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11164286

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ISBN:	0195360850 9780195360851 9780195360851 9780195073713 0195073711 0195073711
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-418) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Expanding upon the ideas first proposed in his seminal book Cosmical Magnetic Fields, Eugene N. Parker here offers the first in-depth treatment of the magnetohydrodynamic theory of spontaneous magnetic discontinuities. In detailing his theory of the spontaneous formation of tangential discontinuities (current sheets) in a magnetic field embedded in highly conducting plasma, Parker shows how it can be used to explain the activity of the external magnetic fields of planets, stars, interstellar gas clouds, and galaxies, as well as the magnetic fields in laboratory plasmas. Provocative and fascina.
Other form:	Print version: Parker, E.N. (Eugene Newman), 1927- Spontaneous current sheets in magnetic fields. New York : Oxford University Press, 1994

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