Spherical interface dynamos: Mathematical theory, finite element approximation, and application

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1877-1902

  Chan, Kit Hung ^a   Zhang, Keke ^a   Zou, Jun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Spherical interface dynamo; Well posedness

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; MEAN FIELD THEORY; STARS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC DYNAMOS; MEAN FIELD SPHERICAL DYNAMOS; STELLAR MAGNETIC ACTIVITIES;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 33751550813     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/050635596     Document Type: Article

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