Three-dimensional relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the kelvin-helmholtz instability: Magnetic field amplification by a turbulent dynamo

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 692, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Weiqun ^a   MacFadyen, Andrew ^a   Wang, Peng ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Instabilities; Magnetic fields; Methods: numerical; MHD; Relativity; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849114363     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/692/1/L40     Document Type: Article

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