Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978jgr....83.5269g&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 83, Nov. 1, 1978, p. 5269-5275.
Physics
Earth Magnetosphere, Lunar Atmosphere, Lunar Core, Magnetic Dipoles, Size Determination, Cold Plasmas, Dipole Moments, Dynamo Theory, Estimating, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Time Dependence, Trapped Particles, Interior, Moon, Magnetosphere, Magnetic Fields, Electrical Resistivity, Core, Plasmas, Flux, Flow, Density, Low Energy Particles, Thermal Energy, Pressure
Scientific paper
It is shown that estimates of the size of a possible lunar core are negligibly affected by currents due to a directed plasma flux toward the moon. A theory for the compression of an induced lunar dipole by an incoming sub-Alfvenic flux of cold plasma is presented for the time-independent case where the external magnetic field, induced dipole moment, and plasma velocity vector are all aligned, and it is demonstrated that, at very long time periods, effects due to the inertia of an incoming flow of cold plasma can be ignored. A theory for time-dependent fluctuations in a stationary plasma is modified to include the effects of incoming flux.
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