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Scientific paper
Nov 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981plap.rept...31p&link_type=abstract
In ESA Plasma Astrophys. p 31-35 (SEE N82-20030 10-88)
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Energy Dissipation, Magnetic Flux, Nonequilibrium Conditions, Stellar Magnetic Fields, Constitutive Equations, Discontinuity, Gravitational Collapse, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Magnetohydrostatics, Stellar Models
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The more subtle properties of magnetic fields which create nonequilibrium and lead to vigorous activity in otherwise sluggish gas-field systems are evaluated for gross hydromagnetic effects. The gentle manipulation of magnetic fields on a large scale leads to the production of small scale variations and discontinuities, providing intense dissipation of magnetic field in a large scale system. A magnetic field embedded in a conducting fluid possesses a static equilibrium only if the topology of the lines of force is suitably invariant along the direction of the field. When the field does not possess the necessary invariance, it is subject to internal neutral point reconnection. The magnetic fields of most stars suffer such nonequilibrium, and consequent enhanced dissipation, providing an important source of heat in their outer atmospheres.
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