Accession Number:

ADA055514

Title:

Dynamo Action in a Thin Slab.

Descriptive Note:

Scientific/technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

STANFORD UNIV CALIF INST FOR PLASMA RESEARCH

Personal Author(s):

• Barbosa,David D.

Report Date:

1978-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

28.0

Abstract:

Consider the dynamo action produced by convection of a partially-ionized, electrically conducting gas in a magnetic field. The model consists of two thin, Cartesian unipolar inductors connected in series by the magnetic field. For the case of a uniform magnetic field the total current system generated by an arbitrary gas flow is computed for the case of a non-uniform field, only the field-aligned coupling current is computed. Application is made to the solar atmosphere.

Descriptors:

• *CONVECTION(ATMOSPHERIC)
• *PHOTOSPHERE
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• ENERGY TRANSFER
• SOLAR ACTIVITY
• GAS FLOW
• SUNSPOTS

Subject Categories:

• Astrophysics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE