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This book is a collection of lectures given in July 2007 at the Les Houches Summer School on 'Dynamos'. It provides a pedagogical introduction to topics in Dynamos; addresses each topic from the basics to the most recent developments; and, covers the lectures by internationally-renowned and leading experts.
| ISBN | 0080548121 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780080548128
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 903 | | Publisher | Elsevier Science & Technology | | Published in | Oxford | | Imprint | Elsevier Science Ltd | | Series ISSN | 88 | | Format | Hardback | | Series title | Les Houches | | Publication date | 13 Aug 2008 | | Height (mm) | 229 | | Library of Congress | QB466 | | Width (mm) | 152 | | DEWEY | 621.3132 | | Spine width (mm) | 28 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Postgraduate | | Pages | 496 | |
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| Course 1 | | Fundamentals of MHD by Thierry Alboussiere | | 1 | | 1 | | A short history of MHD | | 5 | | 2 | | Governing equations | | 10 | | 3 | | Energetics | | 12 | | 4 | | Dimensionless parameters | | 16 | | 5 | | MHD approximations | | 22 | | 6 | | MHD physical effects | | 24 | | 7 | | Stability of MHD flows | | 30 | | 8 | | MHD turbulence | | 38 | | Course 2 | | Dynamo theory by Chris A. Jones | | 45 | | 1 | | Kinematic dynamo theory | | 51 | | 2 | | Working kinematic dynamos | | 66 | | 3 | | Mean field dynamo theory | | 82 | | 4 | | Fast and slow dynamos | | 93 | | 5 | | Nonlinear dynamos | | 103 | | 6 | | Numerical methods for dynamos | | 113 | | 7 | | Convection driven plane layer dynamos | | 122 | | Course 3 | | Planetary magnetism by Peter Olson | | 137 | | 1 | | Planetary dynamos introduction | | 143 | | 2 | | Planetary dynamos, a short tour | | 156 | | 3 | | Deep Earth structure | | 180 | | 4 | | Composition and physical properties of the core | | 194 | | 5 | | Energetics of the core and the geodynamo | | 207 | | 6 | | Planetary dynamo scaling laws | | 230 | | 7 | | Gravitational and tomographic dynamo examples | | 240 | | Course 4 | | Astrophysical dynamos by Anvar Shukurov and Dmitry Sokoloff | | 251 | | 1 | | Introduction | | 255 | | | More... | | |
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