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9. Waves in a hot ionized gas in a magnetic field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Ernst åström
Ernst åström*
Affiliation:
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

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The electromagnetic state of vacuum is characterized by two vector quantities, namely E and B. They are related to current and charge density by the equations Sometimes it is suitable and possible to introduce two new quantities, H and D, so defined that the equations (1) and (2) appear in the new form (Strattonm) and with a linear relation between E and D and also between B and H. This formalism is common when dealing with fluid and solid media, and has also been introduced to ionized media of zero temperature (Nichols and Schelleng[2], Alfven[3], p. 85, Astrom[4]). Here we shall say a few words about this matter for ionized media of non-zero temperature. In this connexion we also get an opportunity to discuss the meaning of the conception of diamagnetism.

Type
Part I: Magneto-Hydrodynamics
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 6: Electromagnetic Phenomena in Cosmical Physics , 1958 , pp. 81 - 86
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958 

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