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Introduction to Fountains, Wind, Infall (and Magnetic Fields and Dynamo Mechanisms)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

F. D. Kahn
F. D. Kahn*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy The University Manchester M13 9PL England

Abstract

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The galactic fountain is formed by hot gas rising from the galactic disk. The lines of force of the interstellar magnetic field are dragged along in the flow. This lecture deals with the geometry and topology of the configuration of the field that is set up. The fountain flow acts as a dynamo, and the presence of the magnetic field plays an important part in the ionization balance of the gas as it returns towards the disk.

Type
Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 144: The Interstellar Disk-Halo Connection in Galaxies , 1991 , pp. 1 - 11
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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