Introduction to Modeling Convection in Planets and Stars (eBook)

Magnetic Field, Density Stratification, Rotation

Gary A. Glatzmaier (Autor)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
328 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4890-4 (ISBN)

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Gary A. Glatzmaier is professor of earth and planetary sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.11.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Astrophysics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Astrophysics
• Zusatzinfo: 16 color illus. 19 halftones. 23 line illus. 2 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Datenbanken
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Plasmaphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: 2.5D spherical-shell • 2D cartesian box • 3D cartesian box • 3D spherical-shell • Adams-Bashforth time integration scheme • advection • Amplitude • anelastic approximation • anelastic model • angular resolution • Approximation • arbitrary background field • aspect ratio • astrophysics • Boundary conditions • boundary layer • boundary layers • Boundary value problem • Boussinesq Approximation • Boussinesq approximation (water waves) • Buoyancy • cartesian box geometry • Centimetre–gram–second system of units • centrifugal force • ChebyshevІourier method • clockwise • coefficient • Colatitude • Computer Analysis • Computer Code • Computer Graphics • Computer simulations • conservation equations • conservation law • convection • Convection zone • Convective Heat Transfer • coordinate mapping • coriolis force • Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy condition • CrankЎicolson scheme • critical Rayleigh number • Current density • density stratification • Diffusion • Diffusivity • dispersion relation • double-diffusive convection • Dynamo Theory • Electric Field • Energy • Energy Density • Entropy • Equation • Equation of State • equatorial plane • finite-amplitude simulations • Finite difference • finite-difference method • Finite Difference Method • Fluid Dynamics • Fluid Flow • Fluid parcel • fluid velocity • Force Density • FORTRAN • Fourier • Fourier expansions • Fourier mode • Fourier series • Fourier Transforms • Galerkin method • Gaussian quadrature • Giant planet • gravitational acceleration • Gravity wave • Gravity waves • heat capacity • Heat flux • heat transfer • horizontal background field • Hydrostatic equilibrium • Induction equation • infinite Prandtl number • instability • internal energy • Internal Gravity Waves • Internal wave • Ionization • kinetic energy • Kinetic Energy Spectrum • Legendre function • length scale • linear code • linear dispersion relation • linear equation • Linear equations • linear model • Linear Programming • linear stability • Linear Stability Analysis • linear stability problem • Lorentz Force • Magnetic diffusivity • Magnetic Energy • Magnetic field • Magnetic Field Generation • Magnetic flux • Magnetoconvection • magneto-gravity waves • magnetohydrodynamic dynamo • magnetohydrodynamic equations • Magnetohydrodynamics • Mantle Convection • marginal stability • Mass • Mass flux • Momentum • nonlinear code • nonlinear convection • nonlinear evolution • nonlinear simulations • nonlinear terms • nonuniform grid • Numerical analysis • numerical code • numerical method • Numerical methods for ordinary differential equations • Numerical Model • Numerical simulations • Nusselt number • OpenMP • Order of magnitude • oscillating instability • parallel code • Parallel Computing • Parallel Processing • Perfect gas • Phase velocity • plane wave • Poincar force • Poisson equation • polynomial expansion • polytropes • postprocessing code • Prandtl number • predictor-corrector scheme • Pressure • pressure gradient • Quantity • Radian • radiative transfer • Rayleigh Number • RayleighЂnard convection • reference state • Reynolds Number • Rotation • RungeЋutta scheme • salt-fingering instability • scale height • Second derivative • semiconvection instability • semi-implicit scheme • Snapshot (computer storage) • solver • Spatial discretization • Spatial Resolution • spectral method • spectral space • spherical harmonic expansions • staircase profile • Stream Function • Subroutine • Temperature • Temperature Gradient • temperature profile • Temporal Resolution • thermal convection • thermal diffusion • Thermal Diffusivity • thermal stratification • time derivative • time integration schemes • Trigonometric Functions • Unit vector • vector potential • Vertical direction • viscosity • Vorticity • Vorticity equation • vorticity-streamfunction formulation • Wave energy • Wavelength • wavenumber
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4890-3 / 1400848903
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4890-4 / 9781400848904