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Magnetic field aligned electric fields in an adiabatic plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

A. Hruška
Affiliation:
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaK1A 0R6

Abstract

A stationary collisionless and neutral plasma flowing along magnetic lines of force (B-lines) is considered and the variation of electric potential along the B-lines is described. A steep magnetic field aligned gradient of electric potential is generated at a certain location whenever plasma moves along the lines of force.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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