Self Inhibiting Heat-Flux

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2 July 1998

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/9807025

Abstract

Heat-transfer through weakly magnetized diffuse astrophysical plasmas excites whistlers. This leads to electron whistler resonant scattering, a reduction of the electron mean-free path, and heat-flux inhibition. However, only whistlers propagating at a finite angle to the magnetic field (off-axis) can scatter the heat-flux carrying electrons. Thus, the level of heat flux-inhibition along the magnetic field lines depends on the presence of off-axis whistlers.

Keywords

HEAT FLUX INHIBITION
WEAKLY MAGNETIZED
INHIBITING HEAT
MAGNETIC FIELD
HEAT TRANSFER
FIELD LINES
WHISTLERS
SCATTER

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Published version: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 301 (1), 49.

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