Vlasov-Maxwell equilibria of solar coronal loops

dc.contributor.author	Krishan, V
dc.contributor.author	Sreedharan, T. D
dc.contributor.author	Mahajan, Swadesh M
dc.date.accessioned	2008-07-14T06:42:31Z
dc.date.available	2008-07-14T06:42:31Z
dc.date.issued	1991-04
dc.identifier.citation	Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 249,No.4, pp. 596 - 601	en
dc.identifier.issn	0035-8711
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/2666
dc.description.abstract	A Vlasov-Maxwell description of the ubiquitous solar coronal structures is presented. It is found that an equilibrium plasma configuration can live with spatial gradients in density, temperature, current and drift speeds of the charged particles. Any stability study must be carried out over this inhomogeneous equilibrium state. In addition, the Vlasov description admits the investigation of kinetic processes like heating and radiation and unlike a fluid description, it does not require an equation of state to determine the individual variations of temperature and density.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Royal Astronomical Society	en
dc.relation.uri	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991MNRAS.249..596K	en
dc.subject	Coronal loops	en
dc.subject	Maxwell equation	en
dc.subject	Plasma equilibrium	en
dc.subject	Solar corona	en
dc.subject	Vlasov equations	en
dc.subject	Density distribution	en
dc.subject	Solar temperature	en
dc.subject	Temperature distribution	en
dc.title	Vlasov-Maxwell equilibria of solar coronal loops	en
dc.type	Article	en