Publication Date:
2019-07-12
Description:
It is shown here that the generation of return current in large-scale astrophysical plasmas such as solar flares is quite different from the laboratory environment. Whereas in the laboratory the return current is established inductively and subsequently decays on a resistive timescale, the return current in a solar flare is established electrostatically and therefore does not decay. An explanation of the difference is given in terms of the characteristics of the laboratory circuit.
Keywords:
SOLAR PHYSICS
Type:
Solar Physics (ISSN 0038-0938); 120; 2 19
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