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Self-consistent calculation of the α-effect and turbulent magnetic diffusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

I. T. Drummond
I. T. Drummond
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW
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Abstract

We use the method of Phythian & Curtis (1978) to obtain a self-consistent calculation, in lowest order of perturbation theory, for the α-coefficient and effective diffusivity of a magnetic field in a plasma with Gaussian turbulence.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 129 , April 1983 , pp. 337 - 345
Copyright
© 1983 Cambridge University Press

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