Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos
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Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1 Introduction
  9. 2 Electric Fields
  10. 3 Magnetic Fields
  11. 4 Field Lines
  12. 5 Maxwell’s Equations
  13. 6 Maxwell and Poynting
  14. 7 Moving Reference Frames
  15. 8 Hydrodynamics
  16. 9 Magnetohydrodynamics
  17. 10 Singular Properties of the Maxwell Stress Tensor
  18. 11 Comments
  19. Appendix A: Electrostatically Driven Expansion of the Universe
  20. Appendix B: Relaxation of Electric Charge Inhomogeneity
  21. Appendix C: Imposition of a Large-scale Electric Field
  22. Appendix D: Electric Charge Density in an Electric Field
  23. Appendix E: The Transverse Invariant wn2/B
  24. Appendix F: Blocking the Flow of Electric Current
  25. References
  26. Index