Dynamo action in a thin slab
Abstract
The dynamo action produced by convection of a partially-ionized, electrically conducting gas in a magnetic field is considered using a model consisting of two thin, Cartesian unipolar inductors connected in a series by the magnetic field. The total current system generated by an arbitrary gas flow is computed for the case of a uniform magnetic field. For the case of a nonuniform field, only the field-aligned coupling current is computed. Application is made to the solar atmosphere.
- Publication:
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Unknown
- Pub Date:
- May 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978dats.rept.....B
- Keywords:
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- Convection Currents;
- Plasma Conductivity;
- Plasma-Electromagnetic Interaction;
- Solar Wind;
- Electromotive Forces;
- Field Aligned Currents;
- Gas Flow;
- Ionized Gases;
- Magnetic Fields;
- Photosphere;
- Solar Atmosphere;
- Plasma Physics