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A UNIFORM, large scale magnetic field is probably an abstraction not found in nature. All sorts of instabilities may arise, and a filamentary or sheet-like structure is most likely to ensue. For example, it is well known that a picture of the optical continuum of the Crab Nebula shows a cotton-like structure, on a scale much smaller than the wisps (∼ 1016 cm).
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CAVALLO, G., VENTURA, A. Qualitative features of synchrotron radiation in an inhomogeneous magnetic field. Nature 258, 309–310 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/258309a0
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