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10. The Role of Plasma in the Primeval Nebula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

H. Alfven ,
G. Arrhenius  and
D. A. Mendis

Abstract

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The role of plasma and hydromagnetic processes in the primeval solar nebula is evaluated. In the light of the present knowledge of particles and fields in space it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that they must have played a crucial role in the emplacement of the material as well as its subsequent condensation into “planetesimals.” Strong evidence in support of these processes in the primeval nebula is provided by the dynamical fine structure of the asteroidal belt and the Saturnian rings. The importance of current planetary magnetospheric as well as cometary research in clarifying certain physical processes believed to have occurred in the primeval nebula is stressed.

Type
Part IX. The Primitive Solar Nebula
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 39: Comets, Asteroids, Meteorites: Interrelations, Evolution and Origins , December 1977 , pp. 561 - 568
Copyright
Copyright © A.H. Delsemme 1977

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