In astrophysics, the Biermann battery is a process by which a weak seed magnetic field can be generated from zero initial conditions. [1] The relative motion between electrons and ions is driven by rotation. The process was discovered by Ludwig Biermann in 1950. [2] [3]
References
- ^ Xu, Hao; O'Shea, Brian W.; Collins, David C.; Norman, Michael L.; Li, Hui; Li, Shengtai (2008). "The Biermann Battery in Cosmological MHD Simulations of Population III Star Formation". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 688 (2): L57. arXiv: 0807.2647. Bibcode: 2008ApJ...688L..57X. doi: 10.1086/595617. S2CID 118321017.
- ^ Biermann, L. "Uber den Ursprung der Magnetfelder auf Sternen und im interstellaren Raum (mit einem Anhang von A. Schluter)". Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. 5: 65.
- ^ Khanna, Ramon (1998). "Generation of magnetic fields by a gravitomagnetic plasma battery". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 295 (1): L6–L10. arXiv: astro-ph/9803240. Bibcode: 1998MNRAS.295L...6K. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.29511447.x. S2CID 15612364.
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