On the magnetic fields generated by experimental dynamos

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 289-323

  Petrelis F ^a   Mordant, N ^a   Fauve, S ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamo instability; Experimental dynamos; Magnetohydrodynamics; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TURBULENCE;

DYNAMO INSTABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL DYNAMO;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 34548791694     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920701523410     Document Type: Review

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