Conductivity-gradient term in magnetic induction

ID: conductivity-gradient-term-in-magnetic-induction

For scalar electrical conductivity and constant permeability , the moving-fluid Ohm law and the quasistatic Ampere-Maxwell law give , where is the magnetic diffusivity. Taking minus the curl and using Faraday's law of induction gives . Expanding this expression and imposing yields the title equation. The familiar constant-diffusivity resistive induction equation omits the last term because ; nonrelativistic motion alone does not establish that simplification.

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