On the Stability of Magneto-Hydrostatic Fields
- 15 July 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 83 (2), 307-311
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.83.307
Abstract
The stability of static magnetic fields in an electrically conducting liquid is investigated. The result of the study is applied to the stability of twisted cylindric magnetic fields. It is shown that instabilities may by caused by the twisting of a homogeneous field.Keywords
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- The Earth's Interior and GeomagnetismReviews of Modern Physics, 1950