COMMENT ON THE THERMOELECTRIC TERM

It is shown that the thermoelectric term which appears as a source of fluctuating magnetic field B-1 in unmagnetized nonuniform plasmas in t he limit omega(pe) much less than omega much less than omega(pe) [wher e omega(pi)(omega(pe)) are ion (electron) plasma oscillation frequenci es, respectively] is of smaller order. Therefore, the thermoelectric t erm does not seem to contribute to magnetic fluctuations Linearly. The theory of magnetic field generation based on ion dynamics predicts th e same order of magnitude of B, which is experimentally observed. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.