Open questions about homogeneous fluid dynamos: The VKS experiment

Magnetohydrodynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 163-176

  Marie L ^a   Petrelis F ^b   Bourgoin, M ^c   Burguete, J ^a,d   Chiffaudel, A ^a   Daviaud, F ^a   Fauve, S ^a   Odier, P ^b   Pinton, J F ^b  

^a SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Physique UMR CNRS ENSL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

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EID: 4143118812     PISSN: 0024998X     EISSN: 15740579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22364/mhd.38.1-2.13     Document Type: Article

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