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Title: Magnetic field generation from Alfven waves propagating along helical lines of force
Authors: Bera, B
Das, C
Chakraborty, B
Khan, M
Krishan, V
Bhattacharyya, B
Keywords: Alfven waves propagating
Magnetic field generation
Helical lines
Alfven waves
Faraday effect
Static induced magnetization
IMAW
Magnetic field
Magnetic moment
Electromagnetic waves
Ambient field
Magnetization
Sun
Pulsars
Plasmas
Issue Date: Jul-1992
Publisher: Springer
Citation: International Journal of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 31, No. 7, pp. 1295 - 1301
Abstract: A static induced magnetization of Alfven waves (IMAW) due to the inverse Faraday effect is defined and studied. The Alfven waves are assumed to propagate along helical lines of force of a force-free ambient magnetic field. This induced magnetization follows from the magnetic moment of ordered gyrating motion of charges in the presence of electromagnetic waves and an ambient field. The helicity of the force-free field is found to decrease due to this IMAW. This effect is expected to be important in the physics of magnetization of the sun and pulsars, and also in laboratory devices for the generation of plasmas and their heating.
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2248/4606
ISSN: 0020-7748
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