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Rossby Vortices, Spiral Structures, Solitons

Astrophysics and Plasma Physics in Shallow Water Experiments

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. Mikhail V. Nezlin

    1. Russian Scientific Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia

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  2. Evgenii N. Snezhkin

    1. Russian Scientific Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Nonlinear Dynamics (SSNONLINEAR)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introduction

    • Mikhail V. Nezlin, Evgenii N. Snezhkin
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Natural Phenomena Simulated in Rotating Shallow Water Experiments

    • Mikhail V. Nezlin, Evgenii N. Snezhkin
    Pages 5-30

  4. Common Features of the Simulated Natural Phenomena

    • Mikhail V. Nezlin, Evgenii N. Snezhkin
    Pages 31-34

  5. Physical Prerequisites of the Laboratory Simulation of Large-Scale Rossby Vortices and Galactic Spiral Structures

    • Mikhail V. Nezlin, Evgenii N. Snezhkin
    Pages 35-41

  6. Physical Basis for the Experimental Investigation of Rossby Solitons and Laboratory Simulation of Drift Vortices and Solitons in Magnetized Plasma

    • Mikhail V. Nezlin, Evgenii N. Snezhkin
    Pages 43-66

  7. Experimental Configurations

    • Mikhail V. Nezlin, Evgenii N. Snezhkin
    Pages 67-79

  8. Laboratory Simulation of Rossby Vortices and Solitons in Planetary Atmospheres and Oceans

    • Mikhail V. Nezlin, Evgenii N. Snezhkin
    Pages 81-106

  9. Laboratory Simulation of Galactic Spiral Structures

    • Mikhail V. Nezlin, Evgenii N. Snezhkin
    Pages 107-127

  10. Rossby Vortices and Solitons in Free Motion

    • Mikhail V. Nezlin, Evgenii N. Snezhkin
    Pages 129-153

  11. Solitonic Model of Natural Vortices

    • Mikhail V. Nezlin, Evgenii N. Snezhkin
    Pages 155-164

  12. Dipolar Rossby Vortices

    • Mikhail V. Nezlin, Evgenii N. Snezhkin
    Pages 165-175

  13. Shallow-Water Simulation of Drift Vortices and Solitons in Magnetized Plasma

    • Mikhail V. Nezlin, Evgenii N. Snezhkin
    Pages 177-183

  14. Conclusion

    • Mikhail V. Nezlin, Evgenii N. Snezhkin
    Pages 185-188

  15. S. Supplements

    • Mikhail V. Nezlin, Evgenii N. Snezhkin
    Pages 189-205

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 207-227
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About this book

This book can be looked upon in more ways than one. On the one hand, it describes strikingly interesting and lucid hydrodynamic experiments done in the style of the "good old days" when the physicist needed little more than a piece of string and some sealing wax. On the other hand, it demonstrates how a profound physical analogy can help to get a synoptic view on a broad range of nonlinear phenomena involving self-organization of vortical structures in planetary atmo­ spheres and oceans, in galaxies and in plasmas. In particular, this approach has elucidated the nature and the mechanism of such grand phenomena as the Great of galaxies. A number of our Red Spot vortex on Jupiter and the spiral arms predictions concerning the dynamics of spiral galaxies are now being confirmed by astronomical observations stimulated by our experiments. This book is based on the material most of which was accumulated during 1981-88 in close cooperation with our colleagues, experimenters from the Plasma Physics Department of the Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute (S. V. Antipov, A. S. Trubnikov, AYu. Rylov, AV. Khutoretsky) and astrophysics theoreticians from the Astronomical Council of the USSR Academy of Sciences (AM. Frid­ man) and from the Volgograd State University (AG. Morozov). To all of them we wish to express our gratitude. Whenever we speak of "our experiments", the participation of the entire team is implied.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Russian Scientific Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia

    Mikhail V. Nezlin, Evgenii N. Snezhkin

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