Re: magnetic field like this?

[William Beaty <billb@eskimo.com>]

On Sun, 15 Feb 1998, LUDWIK KOWALSKI wrote:

> I still would like to hear from those who teach astronomy how this figure, 
> or a correct figure which it should be replaced with, explains the transfer 
> of angular momentum (from the spinning sun to orbiting planets via magnetic 
> field). I am referring to his Figure 12.9 on page 259. A very similar figure, 
> but clearly drawn by another hand, can be found in the 2nd edition of his 
> "Astronomy, the Cosmic Perespective", page 361. Same caption but two slightly 
> different illustrations.

Could it be transferred via the plasma's mass?  Rather than a purely EM
effect, the magnetic field may act as a large moment arm which flings
distant plasma at large tangential velocity, and therefor slows the
star's rotation.

Just speculation, I haven't even seen the diagram.

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