Ongoing studies in mathematical depth, and inferences from `helioseismological' observations of the internal solar rotation have shown up the limitations in our knowledge of the solar interior and of our understanding of the solar dynamo, manifested in particular by the sunspot cycle, the Maunder minimum, and solar flares. This second edition retains the identical overall structure as the first edition, but is designed so as to be self-contained with the early chapters presenting the basic physics and mathematics underlying cosmical magnetohydrodynamics, followed by studies of the specific applications appropriate for a book devoted to a central area in astrophysics.
Leon Mestel is Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at the University of Sussex. Mestel has also taught at the University of Cambridge, Princeton University, the Weizmann Institute in Rehovoth, Israel, the University of Manchester, and the Racah Institue at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He has established himself as one of the leaders in his field.
1. Introduction ; 2. Theoretical basis ; 3. Applications ; 4. Magnetism and convection ; 5. Magnetic fields in stellar interiors ; 6. Dynamo processes in stars ; 7. Stellar winds: magnetic braking ; 8. Late-type stars ; 9. The early-type magnetic stars ; 10. Pre-main sequence stars ; 11. Magnetism and star formation I ; 12. Magnetism and star formation II ; Index
Each chapter is complete with illustrations, a full set of references and a discussion of the challenges facing future astrophysicists. This is a magnificent volume representing a lifetime of research by its distinguished author.
Glenn H. Fredrickson, Kris T. Delaney, Santa Barbara) Fredrickson, Glenn H. (Distinguished Professor, Distinguished Professor, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara) Delaney, Kris T. (Project Scientist, Project Scientist, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Glenn H Fredrickson, Kris T Delaney
Vladimir Z. Kresin, Hans Morawitz, Stuart A. Wolf, Berkeley) Kresin, Vladimir Z. (Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, California) Morawitz, Hans (Research Staff Member, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California, Research Staff Member, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, DC) Wolf, Stuart A. (Head, Materials Physics Branch of Material Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, Head, Materials Physics Branch of Material Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington
Eugen Simánek, CA 92521) Simanek, Eugen (Professor, Department of Physics, Professor, Department of Physics, University of California, Riverside, Eugen Simanek, Eugen Sim?nek
Jürgen Kübler, Darmstadt University of Technology) Kubler, Jurgen (Professor of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics