Force-Free Magnetic Fields: Solutions, Topology and Applications

by Gerald E. Marsh

After an introductory chapter concerned with the history of force-free magnetic fields, and the relation of such fields to hydrodynamics and astrophysics, the book examines the limits imposed by the virial theorem for finite force-free configurations. Various techniques are then used to find solutions to the field equations. The fact that the field lines corresponding to these solutions have the common feature of being "twisted", and may be knotted,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9810224974
• ISBN13: 9789810224974
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"