Homogeneous dynamos in planetary cores and in the laboratory

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 32, Issue , 2000, Pages 383-408

  Busse, F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laboratory dynamo; Solar dynamo; Theory of geomagnetism

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); HEAT CONVECTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

HOMOGENEOUS DYNAMOS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

GEOPHYSICAL FLOW;

EID: 0034592303     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.32.1.383     Document Type: Article

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