Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos
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A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
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Action (physics)
Astrophysical plasma
Atmosphere of Earth
Author_Eugene N. Parker
Boltzmann equation
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Charged particle
Classical electromagnetism
Classical physics
Cosmic dust
Cosmic ray
Dynamo theory
Earth's magnetic field
Effective mass (solid-state physics)
Electric charge
Electric current
Electric dipole moment
Electric field
Electric flux
Electric potential
Electric potential energy
Electrical resistivity and conductivity
Electrohydrodynamics
Electromagnetic field
Electromagnetic induction
Electromagnetic radiation
Electron magnetic moment
Electron temperature
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Experimental physics
Faraday cage
Faraday effect
Faraday's law of induction
Field effect (semiconductor)
Gravitational acceleration
Gravitational constant
Gravitational field
Gravitational potential
Heliosphere
Induction equation
Interstellar cloud
Ionosphere
Kinetic theory of gases
Lorentz force
Lorentz transformation
Magnetar
Magnetic dipole
Magnetic energy
Magnetic field
Magnetic flux
Magnetic mirror point
Magnetic moment
Magnetic monopole
Magnetic pressure
Magnetic reconnection
Magnetic susceptibility
Magnetization
Magnetohydrodynamics
Magnetosphere
Magnetostatics
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
Newton's law of universal gravitation
Nuclear density
Particle acceleration
Particle physics
Physicist
Plasma oscillation
Quantum mechanics
Special relativity
Stratosphere
Synchrotron radiation
Theoretical physics
Product details
- ISBN 9780691128412
- Weight: 312g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 18 Feb 2007
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Today's standard textbooks treat the theoretical structure of electric and magnetic fields, but their emphasis is on electromagnetic radiation and static-electric and magnetic fields. In this book, Eugene Parker provides advanced graduate students and researchers with a much-needed complement to existing texts, one that discusses the dynamic electromagnetism of the cosmos--that is, the vast magnetic fields that are carried bodily in the swirling ionized gases of stars and galaxies and throughout intergalactic space. Parker is arguably the world's leading authority on solar wind and the effects of magnetic fields in the heliosphere, and his originality of thought and distinctive approach to physics are very much in evidence here. Seeking to enrich discussions in standard texts and correct misconceptions about the dynamics of these large-scale fields, Parker engages readers in a series of "conversations" that are at times anecdotal and even entertaining without ever sacrificing theoretical rigor.
The dynamics he describes represents the Maxwell stresses of the magnetic field working against the pressure and inertia of the bulk motion of ionized gases, characterized in terms of the magnetic field and gas velocity. Parker shows how this dynamic interaction cannot be fully expressed in terms of the electric current and electric field. Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos goes back to basics to explain why classical hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics are inescapable, even in the deepest reaches of space.
Eugene N. Parker is S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Chicago.
