The dynamo bifurcation in rotating spherical shells

International Journal of Modern Physics B

Volumn 23, Issue 28-29, 2009, Pages 5467-5482

  Morin, Vincent ^a,b   Dormy, Emmanuel ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Bifurcations; Dynamo theory; Instabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949084969     PISSN: 02179792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s021797920906378x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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