Solar System Magnetic Fields -

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Sommaire:
1 Introduction to Solar Activity.- 1.1 Some Basic Properties of the Sun.- 1.2 Basic Equations of Magnetohydrodynamic.- 1.3 Sunspots.- 1.4 Prominences.- 1.5 The Corona.- 1.6 Solar Flares.- 1.7 Conclusion.- References.- 2 An Introduction to Magnetospheric MHD.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Why is There a Magnetosphere?.- 2.3 The Open Magnetosphere Morphology.- 2.4 Momentum Transfer.- 2.5 Magnetospheric Substorms.- 2.6 Magnetohydrodynamic Waves.- References.- 3 Magnetohydrodynamic Waves.- 3.1 Structuring and Stratification.- 3.2 Waves in a Magnetically Structured Atmosphere.- 3.3 Waves in a Uniform Medium.- 3.4 Waves in Discretely Structured Media.- 3.4.2 Compressible Medium.- 3.5 Oscillations in a Low ?-Gas.- 3.6 Damped Alfv?n Waves.- 3.7 Waves in Stratified Atmospheres.- 3.8 Slender Flux Tubes.- References.- 4 MHD Instabilities.- 4.1 Equilibrium Solutions.- 4.2 Physical Description of MHD Instabilities.- 4.3 Linearised MHD Equations.- 4.4 Normal Modes Method.- 4.5 Energy (or Variational) Method.- 4.6 The Rayleigh-Taylor Instability.- 4.7 The Sharp Pinch - Normal Modes.- 4.8 General Cylindrical Pinch - Energy Method.- 4.9 Necessary and Sufficient Conditions - Newcomb's Analysis.- 4.10 Resistive Instabilities - Tearing Modes.- 4.11 Applications of MHD Instabilities.- References.- 5 Magnetic Reconnect.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Reconnection: What It Is and What It Does.- 5.3 Fluid (MHD) Models of Reconnection.- 5.4 The Single-Particle Approach in a Collision-Free Plasma.- References.- 6 Magnetoconvection.- 6.1 Small Flux Tubes.- 6.2 Convection in a Strong Magnetic Field.- 6.3 Structure of the Large-Scale Magnetic Field.- References.- 7 Aspects of Dynamo Theory.- 7.1 The Homopolar Disc Dynamo.- 7.2 The Stretch-Twist-Fold Dynamo.- 7.3 Behaviour of the Dipole Moment in aConfined System.- 7.4 The Pros and Cons of Dynamo Action.- 7.5 Flux Expulsion and Topological Pumping.- 7.6 Mean-Field Electrodynamics.- 7.7 Some Properties of the Pseudo-Tensors ?ij and ?ijk.- 7.8 The Solar Dynamo.- 7.9 Magnetic Buoyancy as an Equilibration Mechanism.- References.- 8 Solar Wind and the Earth's Bow Shock.- 8.1 The Solar Wind as a Fluid.- 8.2 The Solar Wind as a Plasma.- 8.3 The Earth's Bow Shock.- 8.4 Conclusion.- References.- 9 Planetary Magnetospheres.- 9.1 Comparative Theory of Magnetospheres.- 9.2 Planetary Magnetospheres.- 9.3 Conclusions.- References.- 10 Comets.- 10.1 Introduction to Comet Structure.- 10.2 Interaction between the Solar Wind and the Comet.- 10.3 Production of Neutral Gas.- 10.4 Ionisation.- 10.5 Ion Pick-Up.- 10.6 Principal Plasma Regimes.- 10.7 Magnetohydrodynamic Flow at a Comet.- 10.8 Special Features of the Morphology.- 10.9 Conclusion.- References.