Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jul 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991apj...376..199v&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 376, July 20, 1991, p. 199-203. NASA-supported research.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
74
Magnetic Diffusion, Magnetic Flux, Magnetic Stars, Stellar Magnetic Fields, Stellar Winds, Turbulent Diffusion, Early Stars, Magnetohydrodynamics, Reynolds Number
Scientific paper
The turbulent diffusion of magnetic fields in astrophysical objects, and the processes leading to magnetic field flux loss from such objects are discussed with attention to the suppression of turbulent diffusion by back-reaction of magnetic fields on small spatial scales, and on the constraint imposed on magnetic flux loss by flux-freezing within stars. Turbulent magnetic diffusion can be suppressed even for very weak large-scale magnetic fields, so that 'standard' turbulent diffusion is incapable of significant magnetic flux destruction within a star. Finally, magnetic flux loss via winds is shown to be generally ineffective, no matter what the value of the effective magnetic Reynolds number is.
Rosner Robert
Vainshtein Samuel I.
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