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3 claims from 1 paper

  1. Physics and Astronomy › Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

    Structure of the Solar Nebula, Growth and Decay of Magnetic Fields and Effects of Magnetic and Turbulent Viscosities on the Nebula

    Hayashi · Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement · 1981

    Hayashi models a preplanetary solar nebula's structure, the growth and decay of magnetic fields in it, and how magnetic and turbulent viscosities could redistribute its surface density.

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    1. UncheckedIn the terrestrial planets' region of the solar nebula, magnetic fields decay much faster than they grow, so magnetic effects can mostly be ignored.“The results indicate that, in regions of the terrestrial planets, magnetic fields decay much faster than they grow and magnetic effects can be ignored, except for the outermost layers of very low density.”
    2. UncheckedIn the outer solar nebula, in the regions of Uranus and Neptune, seed magnetic fields could be amplified considerably, unlike in the terrestrial planet regions.“This is not the case for regions of Uranus and Neptune where magnetic fields can be amplified to considerable extents.”
    3. UncheckedIn Hayashi's solar nebula model, viscous transport of angular momentum generally shifts surface density towards the radial profile implied by today's planetary masses.“The results show that the density redistribution occurs, in general, in a direction to attain a distribution of surface density which has nearly the same r-dependence as that obtained from the present distribution of the planetary mass.”

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