The motion of magnetic fronts in spiral galaxies

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-149

  Moss, D ^a   Petrov, A ^b   Sokoloff, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PEOPLES FRIENDSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Galactic dynamo; Magnetic fronts; Seed field; Sharp structures

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMO;

EID: 0033733937     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920008203714     Document Type: Article

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