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The Cross-Field Resistance of the Solar Photosphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

J. I. Khan
J. I. Khan*
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Sydney
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Abstract

The height-integrated Pedersen and Hall conductivities are calculated for the weakly ionized region of the solar atmosphere in the vicinity of a sunspot. The values obtained are much larger than previous authors have estimated. Dynamo theories for solar flares which rely on the photospheric region having a large resistance are untenable.

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Theoretical
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , 1987 , pp. 13 - 15
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1987

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