Simulation study of the symmetry-breaking instability and the dipole field reversal in a rotating spherical shell dynamo

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Nishikawa, N ^a   Kusano, K ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANISMS; PRANDTL NUMBER; ROTATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DIPOLE FIELDS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 50849134606     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2959120     Document Type: Article

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