Self-consistent mean-field magnetohydrodynamics

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 466, Issue 2114, 2010, Pages 583-601

  Courvoisier, A ^a   Hughes, D W ^a   Proctor, M R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mean field electrodynamics; Stellar dynamos; effect

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; LORENTZ FORCE; MEAN FIELD THEORY; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ANISOTROPIC KINETICS; FORCING FUNCTION; INDUCTION EQUATIONS; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; LINEAR STABILITY; LONG WAVELENGTH; MEAN-FIELD; MEAN-FIELD DESCRIPTION; NON-LINEAR REGIMES; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; SELF-CONSISTENT MEAN-FIELD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL PERTURBATIONS; VELOCITY PERTURBATION;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 76049084023     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2009.0384     Document Type: Article

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