MHD COUETTE FLOWS: EXPERIMENTS AND MODELS

MHD Couette Flows: Experiments and Models

Alfio Bonanno, INAF Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Catania, ITALY ; Robert Rosner, Astronomy and Astrophysics Department, Chicago, IL, USA ; Gunther Rudiger, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Potsdam, GERMANY

Conference Location and Date: Acitrezza, Catania, Italy, 29 February - 2 March 2004

Subseries: Astronomy and Astrophysics; Plasma Physics

Published November 2004; ISBN 0-7354-0215-9 One Volume, Print; 227 pages; 6 3/8 X 9 1/4 inches; Softcover; $127.00

Readership: Theorists and experimentalists in the field of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), and astrophysical theorists working on numerical MHD simulations.

All papers were peer reviewed. The importance of connecting astrophysical theory, simulations and laboratory experiments is enormous. In particular it is widely understood that laboratory experiments are the key ingredients for validating astrophysical codes. This understanding is particularly acute in the area of magneto-rotational instability (MRI) research. This book witnesses the vigorous discussions that groups of experimentalists and theorists had during the workshop, from "what would the ideal MRI experiment be like," to "can we understand the nonlinear saturation of the MRI?"

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