Abstract
A generalized Ohm's law is derived to treat strongly magnetized plasmas in which the electron gyrofrequency significantly exceeds the electron plasma frequency. Strong magnetization of electrons causes the frictional drag between electrons and ions due to Coulomb collisions to shift, producing an additional transverse resistivity term in the generalized Ohm's law that is perpendicular to both the current (J) and the Hall (J×B) direction. In the limit of very strong magnetization, the parallel resistivity is found to increase by a factor of 3/2 and the perpendicular resistivity by a factor of 34ln (mi/me), where mi and me are the ion and electron masses. These results suggest that strong magnetization significantly changes the magnetohydrodynamic evolution of a plasma.
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