How far are we from a 'Standard Model' of the solar dynamo?

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 868-873

  Choudhuri, Arnab Rai ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Solar dynamo; Sun: magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

SOLAR DYNAMO; SUN: MAGNETIC FIELDS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 39049122012     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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