Magnetic alignment theory and the interpretation of polarization

Details Magnetic alignment theory and the interpretation of polarization Magnetic alignment theory and the interpretation of polarization

Nov 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984nascp2345..315c&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center Local Interstellar Medium, No. 81 p 315-318 (SEE N85-15539 06-90)

Physics

Alignment, Electron Spin, Interstellar Matter, Interstellar Space, Polarization (Spin Alignment), Spin-Orbit Interactions, Extraterrestrial Environments, Magnetic Properties, Thermodynamics

Scientific paper

This paper presents some reflexions on the theory of magnetic spinning alignment. It is shown that a classical enhanced thermal Davis and Greenstein mechanism may be considered as a limiting case of Purcell's suprathermal spinning alignment theory when the number of active sites on a given grain becomes very important and/or for very short-lived suprathermal sites. This result is applied to the interstellar medium and some problems in which it may be important are briefly discussed, with special attention to local implications.

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