Magnetohydrodynamic Modeling Of Coronal Evolution And Disruption

In this report we describe progress in our investigation of CMEs using magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations.Linker, Jon A. and Norwood, Robert (Technical Monitor)Unspecified CenterMAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SOLAR CORONA; PROGRESS; SIMULATION

The book covers intimately all the topics necessary for the development of a robust magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) code within the framework of the cell-centered finite volume method (FVM) and its applications in space weather study. First, it presents a brief review of existing MHD models in studying solar corona and the heliosphere. Then it introduces the cell-centered FVM in three-dimensional computational domain. Finally, the book presents some applications of FVM to the MHD codes on spherical coordinates in various research fields of space weather, focusing on the development of the 3D Solar-InterPlanetary space-time Conservation Element and Solution Element (SIP-CESE) MHD model and its applications to space weather studies in various aspects. The book is written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, lecturers, engineers and researchers in solar-terrestrial physics, space weather theory, modeling, and prediction, computational fluid dynamics, and MHD simulations. It helps readers to fully understand and implement a robust and versatile MHD code based on the cell-centered FVM.

This advanced textbook reviews the complex interaction between the Sun's plasma atmosphere and its magnetic field.

This book revises the evolution of ideas in various branches of magnetohydrodynamics (astrophysics, earth and solar dynamos, pinch, MHD turbulence and liquid metals) and reviews current trends and challenges. Uniquely, it contains the review articles on the development of the subject by pioneers in the field as well as leading experts, not just in one, but in various branches of magnetohydrodynamics, such as liquid metals, astrophysics, dynamo and pinch.

Following on from the companion volume Principles of Magnetohydrodynamics, this textbook analyzes the applications of plasma physics to thermonuclear fusion and plasma astrophysics from the single viewpoint of MHD. This approach turns out to be ever more powerful when applied to streaming plasmas (the vast majority of visible matter in the Universe), toroidal plasmas (the most promising approach to fusion energy), and nonlinear dynamics (where it all comes together with modern computational techniques and extreme transonic and relativistic plasma flows). The textbook interweaves theory and explicit calculations of waves and instabilities of streaming plasmas in complex magnetic geometries. It is ideally suited to advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in plasma physics and astrophysics.

An introduction to magnetohydrodynamics combining theory with advanced topics including the applications of plasma physics to thermonuclear fusion and plasma astrophysics.

This book consists of 20 review articles dedicated to Prof. Philip Roe on the occasion of his 60th birthday and in appreciation of his original contributions to computational fluid dynamics. The articles, written by leading researchers in the field, cover many topics, including theory and applications, algorithm developments and modern computational techniques for industry. Contents: OC A One-Sided ViewOCO: The Real Story (B van Leer); Collocated Upwind Schemes for Ideal MHD (K G Powell); The Penultimate Scheme for Systems of Conservation Laws: Finite Difference ENO with Marquina's Flux Splitting (R P Fedkiw et al.); A Finite Element Based Level-Set Method for Multiphase Flows (B Engquist & A-K Tornberg); The GHOST Fluid Method for Viscous Flows (R P Fedkiw & X-D Liu); Factorizable Schemes for the Equations of Fluid Flow (D Sidilkover); Evolution Galerkin Methods as Finite Difference Schemes (K W Morton); Fluctuation Distribution Schemes on Adjustable Meshes for Scalar Hyperbolic Equations (M J Baines); Superconvergent Lift Estimates Through Adjoint Error Analysis (M B Giles & N A Pierce); Somewhere between the LaxOCoWendroff and Roe Schemes for Calculating Multidimensional Compressible Flows (A Lerat et al.); Flux Schemes for Solving Nonlinear Systems of Conservation Laws (J M Ghidaglia); A LaxOCoWendroff Type Theorem for Residual Schemes (R Abgrall et al.); Kinetic Schemes for Solving SaintOCoVenant Equations on Unstructured Grids (M O Bristeau & B Perthame); Nonlinear Projection Methods for Multi-Entropies NavierOCoStokes Systems (C Berthon & F Coquel); A Hybrid Fluctuation Splitting Scheme for Two-Dimensional Compressible Steady Flows (P De Palma et al.); Some Recent Developments in Kinetic Schemes Based on Least Squares and Entropy Variables (S M Deshpande); Difference Approximation for Scalar Conservation Law. Consistency with Entropy Condition from the Viewpoint of Oleinik's E-Condition (H Aiso); Lessons Learned from the Blast Wave Computation Using Overset Moving Grids: Grid Motion Improves the Resolution (K Fujii). Readership: Researchers and graduate students in numerical and computational mathematics in engineering."

A thorough introduction to solar physics based on recent spacecraft observations. The author introduces the solar corona and sets it in the context of basic plasma physics before moving on to discuss plasma instabilities and plasma heating processes. The latest results on coronal heating and radiation are presented. Spectacular phenomena such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections are described in detail, together with their potential effects on the Earth.

Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts is devoted to the recording, summarizing and indexing of astronomical publications throughout the world. Two volumes are scheduled to appear per year. Volume 67 records 10,903 papers covering besides the classical fields of astronomy and astrophysics such matters as space flights related to astronomy, lunar and planetary probes and satellites, meteorites and interplanetary matter, X rays and cosmic rays, quasars and pulsars. The abstracts are classified under more than one hundred subject categories thus permitting quick surveying of the bulk of material published on the same topic within six months. For instance, this volume records 119 papers on minor planets, 155 papers on supernovae, and 554 papers on cosmology.