Mhd Waves in the Solar Atmosphere

Develops a fresh mathematical approach to coronal seismology, explaining oscillatory phenomena by drawing upon original research and complex modelling techniques.

List of contents

1. General principles; 2. Waves in a uniform medium; 3. Magnetically structured atmospheres; 4. Surface waves; 5. Magnetic slabs; 6. Magnetic flux tubes; 7. The twisted magnetic flux tube; 8. Connection formulas; 9. Gravitational effects; 10. Thin flux tubes: the sausage mode; 11. Thin flux tubes: the kink mode; 12. Damping; 13. Nonlinear aspects; 14. Solar applications of MHD wave theory; References; Index.

About the author

Bernard Roberts is Emeritus Professor of Solar Magnetohydrodynamics at the University of St Andrews. Scotland. His important contributions to the field over the past forty years have been recognised with an election to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1997, a Saltire Scottish Science Award in 1998, and, in 2010, the Royal Astronomical Society's prestigious Chapman Medal, awarded for 'investigations of outstanding merit in solar-terrestrial physics'.

Product details

• Authors: Bernard Roberts, Bernard (University of St Andrews Roberts, Roberts Bernard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781108427661
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42766-1
• No. of pages: 524
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, Atmospheric physics, Fluid mechanics, Solar system: the Sun & planets, Applied mathematics, Plasma Physics, Solar system: the Sun and planets, Physics: Fluid mechanics