Kuijpers, J., Frey, H. and Fletcher, L. (2014) Electric current circuits in astrophysics. Space Science Reviews, 188(1), pp. 3-57. (doi: 10.1007/s11214-014-0041-y)
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Abstract
Cosmic magnetic structures have in common that they are anchored in a dynamo, that an external driver converts kinetic energy into internal magnetic energy, that this magnetic energy is transported as Poynting fl ux across the magnetically dominated structure, and that the magnetic energy is released in the form of particle acceleration, heating, bulk motion, MHD waves, and radiation. The investigation of the electric current system is particularly illuminating as to the course of events and the physics involved. We demonstrate this for the radio pulsar wind, the solar flare, and terrestrial magnetic storms.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Fletcher, Professor Lyndsay |
| Authors: | Kuijpers, J., Frey, H., and Fletcher, L. |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy Q Science > QC Physics |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Research Group: | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Journal Name: | Space Science Reviews |
| Publisher: | Springer Netherlands |
| ISSN: | 0038-6308 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1572-9672 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2014 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht |
| First Published: | First published in 2014 Astronomy and Astrophysics 188(1):3-57 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
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