Title Stretch, Twist, Fold: The Fast Dynamo Author(s) Childress, Stephen;Gilbert, Andrew D Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1995. Description XI, 408 p. 41 illus., 16 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note This monograph addresses those interested in the study of planetary or solar magnetic fields, astronomers and geophysicists, researchers and students alike. The authors explore dynamo action under conditions appropriate to large astrophysical bodies, the magnetic Reynolds number of the flow being large compared to unity. In this limit dynamo action becomes closely linked with stretching properties of the flow. The concept of a fast dynamo is explained and studied using various methods from dynamical systems theory. Emphasis is placed on explicit, simple examples of fast dynamos. These examples suggest the beginnings of a theory of fast dynamo action, and link the physical process to the analysis of the stretching, folding, and twisting properties of the flow. A number of special formulations are considered, including dynamo action in almost integrable flows, dynamo action in the anti-integrable limit, and the analysis of random fast dynamos ISBN,Price 9783540447788 Keyword(s) 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques 2. Astronomy???Observations 3. ASTROPHYSICS 4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles 5. Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics 6. ATOMS 7. COMPLEX SYSTEMS 8. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 9. EBOOK 10. EBOOK - SPRINGER 11. Mathematical Methods in Physics 12. Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation 13. Observations, Astronomical 14. PHYSICS 15. STATISTICAL PHYSICS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I00921     On Shelf