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Induction equation, as one of the magnetohydrodynamic equations, is a partial differential equation with spatial and time variables that relates the magnetic and velocity fields of an electrically conductive fluid such as a plasma. This equation can be derived using the Maxwell's equations along with the so-called Ohm's law. Induction equation has also a major role in plasma physics and astrophysics specially in the magnetic dynamo theory. ==Mathematical statement== Maxwell's equations describing the Faraday's and Ampere's laws read and where the displacement current has been neglected as it usually has small effects in astrophysical applications as well as in most of laboratory plasmas. Here, , and are, respectively, electric and magnetic fields, and is the electric current. The electric field can be related to the current density using the Ohm's law, where is the velocity field, and is the electric conductivity of the fluid. Taking the time derivative of the first equation, and combining the result with the second one, yield where is the magnetic diffusivity. (In the literature, the electrical resistivity, defined as , is also sometimes called magnetic diffusivity, defined as , while they have different values in SI units.) The above equation is the induction equation for an electrically resistive fluid. If the fluid moves with a typical speed and a typical length scale , then The ratio of these quantities, which is a dimensionless parameter, is called the magnetic Reynolds number: . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Induction equation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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