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The angular momentum transport by unstable toroidal magnetic fields
We demonstrate with a nonlinear MHD code that angular momentum can be
transported due to the magnetic instability of toroidal fields under the
influence of differential rotation, and that the resulting effective viscosity
may be high enough to explain the almost rigid-body rotation observed in
radiative stellar cores. Only stationary current-free fields and only those
combinations of rotation rates and magnetic field amplitudes which provide
maximal numerical values of the viscosity are considered. We find that the
dimensionless ratio of the effective over molecular viscosity, ;,
linearly grows with the Reynolds number of the rotating fluid multiplied with
the square-root of the magnetic Prandtl number - which is of order unity for
the considered red sub-giant KIC 7341231.
For the considered interval of magnetic Reynolds numbers - which is
restricted by numerical constraints of the nonlinear MHD code - there is a
remarkable influence of the magnetic Prandtl number on the relative importance
of the contributions of the Reynolds stress and the Maxwell stress to the total
viscosity, which is magnetically dominated only for Pm 0.5. We also
find that the magnetized plasma behaves as a non-Newtonian fluid, i.e. the
resulting effective viscosity depends on the shear in the rotation law. The
decay time of the differential rotation thus depends on its shear and becomes
longer and longer during the spin-down of a stellar core.Comment: Revised version. 7 pages, 9 figures; accepted for publication in A&
The FORCE: A highly portable parallel programming language
Here, it is explained why the FORCE parallel programming language is easily portable among six different shared-memory microprocessors, and how a two-level macro preprocessor makes it possible to hide low level machine dependencies and to build machine-independent high level constructs on top of them. These FORCE constructs make it possible to write portable parallel programs largely independent of the number of processes and the specific shared memory multiprocessor executing them
Harvesting selectivity and stochastic recruitment in economic models of age-structured fisheries
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The exceptional Herbig Ae star HD101412: The first detection of resolved magnetically split lines and the presence of chemical spots in a Herbig star
We obtained high-resolution, high signal-to-noise UVES and a few lower
quality HARPS spectra revealing the presence of resolved magnetically split
lines. HD101412 is the first Herbig Ae star for which the rotational Doppler
effect was found to be small in comparison to the magnetic splitting. The
measured mean magnetic field modulus varies from 2.5 to 3.5kG, while the mean
quadratic field was found to vary in the range of 3.5 to 4.8kG. To determine
the period of variations, we used radial velocity, equivalent width, line
width, and line asymmetry measurements of variable spectral lines of several
elements, as well as magnetic field measurements. The most pronounced
variability was detected for spectral lines of He I and the iron peak elements,
whereas the spectral lines of CNO elements are only slightly variable. From
spectral variations and magnetic field measurements we derived a potential
rotation period P_rot=13.86d, which has to be proven in future studies with a
larger number of observations. It is the first time that the presence of
element spots is detected on the surface of a Herbig Ae/Be star. Our previous
study of Herbig Ae stars revealed a trend towards stronger magnetic fields for
younger Herbig Ae stars, confirmed by statistical tests. This is in contrast to
a few other (non-statistical) studies claiming that magnetic Herbig Ae stars
are progenitors of the magnetic Ap stars. New developments in MHD theory show
that the measured magnetic field strengths are compatible with a current-driven
instability of toroidal fields generated by differential rotation in the
stellar interior. This explanation for magnetic intermediate-mass stars could
be an alternative to a frozen-in fossil field.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, to appear in Astronomische Nachrichte
Domain Wall Resistance based on Landauer's Formula
The scattering of the electron by a domain wall in a nano-wire is calculated
perturbatively to the lowest order. The resistance is calculated by use of
Landauer's formula. The result is shown to agree with the result of the linear
response theory if the equilibrium is assumed in the four-terminal case
Negative Domain Wall Contribution to the Resistivity of Microfabricated Fe Wires
The effect of domain walls on electron transport has been investigated in
microfabricated Fe wires (0.65 to 20 linewidths) with controlled stripe
domains. Magnetoresistance (MR) measurements as a function of domain wall
density, temperature and the angle of the applied field are used to determine
the low field MR contributions due to conventional sources in ferromagnetic
materials and that due to the erasure of domain walls. A negative domain wall
contribution to the resistivity is found. This result is discussed in light of
a recent theoretical study of the effect of domain walls on quantum transport.Comment: 7 pages, 4 postscript figures and 1 jpg image (Fig. 1
Ballistic and diffuse transport through a ferromagnetic domain wall
We study transport through ballistic and diffuse ferromagnetic domain walls
in a two-band Stoner model with a rotating magnetization direction. For a
ballistic domain wall, the change in the conductance due to the domain wall
scattering is obtained from an adiabatic approximation valid when the length of
the domain wall is much longer than the Fermi wavelength. In diffuse systems,
the change in the resistivity is calculated using a diagrammatic technique to
the lowest order in the domain wall scattering and taking into account
spin-dependent scattering lifetimes and screening of the domain wall potential.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
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