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The Role of Magnetic Fields in the Origin and Structure of Planetary Nebulae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Donald H. Menzel
Donald H. Menzel*
Affiliation:
Harvard College Observatory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, U.S.A.

Abstract

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That the characteristic, quasi-symmetrical structure of planetary nebulae may result from the presence of imbedded magnetic fields has undoubtedly occurred to many astronomers. Gurzadian (1962), for example, employed the widely used equation where p is the pressure of the ionized gas and H the magnetic-field intensity. This equation specifies that the sum of the gas and magnetic pressures should be constant for a given value of the radius.

Type
Session IV – Structure and Dynamics
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 34: Planetary Nebulae , 1968 , pp. 279 - 281
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1968 

References

Gurzadian, G.A. (1962) The Magnetic Fields in Planetary Nebulae, in Vistas in Astronomy, 5, Ed. by Beer, A., Pergamon Press, New York, p. 40.Google Scholar