1) Evaluate the Alfven velocity for the solar photosphere given:
r = 2.0 x 10 -4 kg m-3
B o = 0.1 Webers m -2
And m = m o the magnetic permeability in vacuo
Solution:
m = m o = 4p x 10 -7 hm-1
The Alfven velocity:
v = B o / Ö(mr)
v =
(0.1 Wb m -2) / Ö(4p x 10 -4 hm-1)(2.0 x 10 -4 kg m-3)
v = 6.3 x 10 3 ms-1 = 6.3 km/ sec
2) Re-evaluate to estimate r for the solar corona at about 1 solar radius above the photosphere, if v » 2.0 x 10 8 m s-1
Solution:
Use algebra to make r the subject:
r = B o 2 / m o V 2
Then, on substituting the values of parameters:
r = (0.1Wb m -2) 2 / (4p x 10 -4 hm-1)(2.0 x 10 8 ms-1) 2
r = 1.9 x 10 -13 kg m-3
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