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Chapter 7<br />

Magnetic fields and<br />

magnetic moments of stars<br />

7.1 Magnetic moments of celestial bodies<br />

A thin spherical surface with radius r carrying an electric charge q at the rotation<br />

around its axis with frequency Ω obtains the magnetic moment<br />

m = r2<br />

qΩ. (7.1)<br />

3c<br />

The rotation of a ball charged at density ϱ(r) will induce the magnetic moment<br />

µ = Ω 3c<br />

∫ R<br />

0<br />

r 2 ϱ(r) 4πr 2 dr. (7.2)<br />

Thus the positively charged core of a star induces the magnetic moment<br />

√<br />

GM⋆R 2 ⋆<br />

m + = Ω. (7.3)<br />

5c<br />

A negative charge will be concentrated in the star atmosphere. The absolute value<br />

of atmospheric charge is equal to the positive charge of a core. As the atmospheric<br />

charge is placed near the surface of a star, its magnetic moment will be more than<br />

the core magnetic moment. The calculation shows that as a result, the total magnetic<br />

moment of the star will have the same order of magnitude as the core but it will be<br />

negative:<br />

√<br />

G<br />

m Σ ≈ −<br />

c M⋆R2 ⋆Ω. (7.4)<br />

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