Boundary effects and propagating, magnetic fronts in disc dynamos

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 285-308

  Moss, David ^a   Shukurov, Anvar ^b   Sokoloff, Dmitry ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Galactic magnetic fields; Magnetic fronts; Mean field dynamos; Numerical simulation; Thin disc asymptotics

Indexed keywords

DYNAMO THEORY; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 0033501631     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929808203688     Document Type: Article

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