The dissipation of inhomogeneous magnetic fields and the problem of coronae. I - Dislocation and flattening of flux tubes. II - The dynamics of dislocated flux

Details The dissipation of inhomogeneous magnetic fields and the problem of coronae. I - Dislocation and flattening of flux tubes. II - The dynamics of dislocated flux The dissipation of inhomogeneous magnetic fields and the problem of coronae. I - Dislocation and flattening of flux tubes. II - The dynamics of dislocated flux

Mar 1981

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 244, Mar. 1, 1981, p. 631-652.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

68

Magnetic Flux, Magnetohydrodynamics, Solar Corona, Solar Magnetic Field, Inhomogeneity, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Solar Atmosphere

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Attention is given to the dynamical dissipation arising in a magnetic field extending up through a tenuous atmosphere when an elemental flux tube in the field (1) is displaced from its equilibrium position and/or (2) is inflated by an internal fluid pressure different from the external fluid pressure. It is pointed out that as a consequence the tension in the lines of force of the ambient field flattens the dislocated tube so that the thickness of the tube decreases without limit and that the local field gradients increase rapidly with the passage of time until destroyed by one or more dissipative effects. The magnetic energy of a dislocated flux tube is therefore soon converted into thermal energy no matter how low the molecule resistivity of the fluid. Some formal illustrations of local conditions along a misaligned flux tube are presented, showing the simultaneous onset of diffusion, fluid motion, and hydromagnetic wave propagation. The examples demonstrate that the total effect is complicated and subject only to estimation, rather than formal calculation, at the present time.

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