Introduction to Waves and Oscillations in the Sun

Introduction to Waves and Oscillations in the Sun

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Narayanan, A. Satya
Springer New York
EAN: 9781461444008
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&quote;An Introduction to Waves and Oscillations in the Sun&quote; is intended for students and researchers who work in the area of solar and astrophysics. This book contains an introduction to the Sun, basics of electrodynamics, magneto-hydrodynamics for force-free and current-free fields. It deals with waves in uniform media with relevance to sound waves and Alfven waves, and with waves in non-uniform media like surface waves or waves in a slab and cylindrical geometry. It also touches on instabilities in fluids and observational signatures of oscillations. Finally, there is an introduction to the area of helio-seismology, which deals with the internal structure of the Sun.
EAN 9781461444008
ISBN 1461444004
Binding Ebook
Publisher Springer New York
Publication date September 15, 2012
Language English
Country United States
Authors Narayanan, A. Satya
Series Astronomy and Astrophysics Library