Changes

Earth: 5 x 10^-5 T

*5 x 10^-5 T: Earth

Sun: 5 x 10^-3 T nasa web site ref: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast15feb_1.htm

*5 x 10^-3 T: Sun; see NASA web site ref: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast15feb_1.htm

Refrigerator magnet: 5 x 10^-3 T

*5 x 10^-3 T: Refrigerator magnet

Neodynium rare-earth magnet: 1 T

*1 T: Neodynium rare-earth magnet: 1 T

Typical Hospital MRI: 2-3 T

*2-3 T: Typical Hospital MRI

Functional MRI: 4 T

*4 T: Functional MRI

Experimental Human MRI: 8.4 T [REF]

*8.4 T: Experimental Human MRI [REF]

Experimental Animal MRI: 11 - 20 T [REF]

*11-21 T: Experimental Animal MRI

Largest continuous man-made magnet: 45 T [Ref FSU magnet lab}

:11.7 T used for animal MRI: Beck et al, PMID 11755090

Neutron Stars: 10^8 T [Kouveliotou]

:21.1 T used for animal MRI: Fu et al. PMID 16125429

Fields above 10^5 T squeeze elecron orbitals in to cigar shapes

*45 T: Largest continuous man-made magnet [Ref FSU magnet lab}

Magnetars: 10^11 T [Kouveliotou]

*10^8 T: Neutron Stars [Kouveliotou]

Upper Limit: 10^13 T "No known objects in the universe can generate and maintain fields stronger than this level." [Kouveliotou]

:''Fields above 10^5 T squeeze elecron orbitals in to cigar shapes''

Refs:

*10^11 T: Magnetars [Kouveliotou]

 

 

 

Kouveliotou, C., Duncan, R. C. Thompson, C. "Magnetars", Scientific American, Feb. 2003 http://solomon.as.utexas.edu/~duncan/sciam.pdf  

Kouveliotou, C., Duncan, R. C. Thompson, C. "Magnetars", Scientific American, Feb. 2003 http://solomon.as.utexas.edu/~duncan/sciam.pdf  

link to Duncan's website: solomon.as.utexas.edu/magnetar.html

link to Duncan's website: solomon.as.utexas.edu/magnetar.html