Text: An explanation of the Venus flux ropes in terms of superconductor fluxoids. A recent theory (1) predicts that collisionless, high-plasmas obey the London equations of superconductivity. When applied to the Venus ionosphere an explanation of the magnetic flux ropes, which lace through the ionosphere, results. The model predicts rope diameters, dependence of the magnetic field on distance from axis, ion temperature variation, ratio of axial and azimuthal magnetic field components and the influence of field magnitudes on the presence or the absence of ropes. All of these agree with observations. Flux ropes may be utilizable in developing free energy devices. Logan, Utah: Utah State University. (undated).

See Also: plasmas, plasma theory, superconductivity.

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