Mathematics & Statistics Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Solar intense magnetic fields 

      Webb, Andrew Robert (University of St Andrews, 1980) - Thesis
      The nature of motions in intense magnetic fields is investigated. For a flux tube in a uniform atmosphere a dispersion relation is derived for the modes of vibration and analytic approximations are obtained for a slender ...

    • Nonlinear stability of flows over rigid and flexible boundaries 

      Thomas, Michael D (University of St Andrews, 1990) - Thesis
      This work assesses the importance of nonlinearity in the stability of flows over compliant and rigid walls, and comprises three main parts. The first part considers inviscid flow with a free surface over a flexible boundary. ...

    • Time dependent heating of the solar corona 

      Walsh, Robert William (University of St Andrews, 1996) - Thesis
      The problem of how the Sun's corona is heated is of central importance in Solar Physics research. In this thesis, a model is constructed of a typical coronal magnetic loop in order to investigate the response of coronal ...

    • Time-dependent MHD wave coupling in non-uniform media 

      Mann, Ian R. (University of St Andrews, 1996) - Thesis
      This thesis studies the time dependent evolution of MHD waves in cold, fully compressible non-uniform plasmas. We used a 1-D box model (e.g., Southwood (1974)) to study wave mode coupling, and concentrate upon developing ...

    • Inverse polarity prominence equilibria 

      Schönfelder, Apollonia Maria Oktavia (University of St Andrews, 1995) - Thesis
      It has been supposed since the middle of this century that it is the global magnetic field surrounding a quiescent prominence that provides the force to prevent its collapse due to the sun’s gravitational field. Many ...