Spontaneous magnetization of electronic thermal conductivity in a laser plasma
Bol'shov L.A., Dreizin Yu. A., Dykhne A.M.
We have investigated theoretically the magnetization of the electronic thermal conductivity in a laser plasma by the spontaneous magnetic fields resulting from thermoelectric effects in an inhomogeneous plasma. We derive a system of equations describing the evolution of the magnetic fields and of the electron temperatures. The increments of the magnetothermal instability are obtained. The role of magnetothermal effects in experiments with laser plasma is discussed.