Thermal conduction in a tangled magnetic field

Benjamin D.G. Chandran; Steven C. Cowley

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3077

Thermal conduction in a tangled magnetic field

Benjamin D.G. Chandran, Steven C. Cowley

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The suppression of thermal conduction by a static stochastic magnetic field is calculated for different ratios of the field scale length to the collisional mean free path. The effects of magnetic trapping are determined through a two-scale analysis and Monte Carlo particle simulations. In galaxy-cluster cooling flows, thermal conductivity is reduced from the Spitzer value by a factor of order 10² to 10³.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3077-3080
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	80
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3077
State	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

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