Helicity and the solar dynamo

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1819-1833

  Seehafer, N ^a   Gellert, M ^a   Kuzanyan, K M ^b   Pipin, V V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOLAR TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DC GENERATORS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

MAGNETIC HELICITIES; SOLAR DYNAMO;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0346599180     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90616-8     Document Type: Article

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