Magnetic helicity fluxes in an α2 dynamo embedded in a halo

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 577-590

  Hubbard, Alexander ^a   Brandenburg, Axel ^b  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpha effect; Alpha quenching; Magnetic helicity; Solar dynamo; Turbulence simulations

Indexed keywords

ALPHA QUENCHING; ALPHA-EFFECT; MAGNETIC HELICITY; SOLAR DYNAMO; TURBULENCE SIMULATIONS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; QUENCHING; TURBULENCE;

INTERACTIVE DEVICES;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 78449259813     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929.2010.506438     Document Type: Article

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