Periodic Reversals of Magnetic Field Generated by Thermal Convection in a Rotating Spherical Shell

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2194-2201

  Kida, Shigeo ^a   Araki, Keisuke ^a   Kitauchi, Hideaki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic reversal; MHD dynamo; Spherical shell; Thermal convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031489774     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.66.2194     Document Type: Article

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