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Magnetohydrodynamics of the Sun
Magnetohydrodynamics of the Sun describes the subtle and complex interaction between the Sun’s plasma atmosphere and its magnetic field, which is responsible for many fascinating dynamic phenomena. Chapters cover the generation of the Sun’s magnetic field by dynamo action, magnetoconvection and the nature of photospheric flux tubes such as sunspots, the heating of the outer atmosphere by waves or reconnection, the structure of prominences, the nature of eruptive instability and magnetic reconnection in solar flares and coronal mass ejections, and the acceleration of the solar wind by reconnection or wave-turbulence. Developed for a graduate course at St Andrews University, this advanced textbook provides a detailed account of our progress towards answering the key unsolved puzzles in solar physics. It is essential reading for graduate students and researchers in solar physics and related fields of astronomy, plasma physics and fluid dynamics. Problem sets and other resources are available at www.cambridge.org/9780521854719.
Eric Priest was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1985, of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters in 1994, of the Royal Society in 2002 and of the European Academy of Sciences in 2005. He has delivered many named lectures, including the James Arthur Prize Lecture at Harvard and the Lindsay Memorial Lecture at the Goddard Space Flight Center. He was awarded the Hale Prize of the American Astronomical Society, only the second time it has been awarded to a British scientist, and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. Priest created and led an extremely active and successful group at St Andrews, served three times on UK Research Assessment Panels and, as Co-Chair of the PPARC Science Committee, he played an important role when the UK joined the European Southern Observatory.
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MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS OF THE SUN
Eric Priest University of St Andrews
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