Evidence from numerical experiments for a feedback dynamo generating Mercury's magnetic field

Science

Volumn 334, Issue 6063, 2011, Pages 1690-1693

  Heyner, Daniel ^a   Wicht, Johannes ^b   Gómez Pérez, Natalia ^c   Schmitt, Dieter ^b   Auster, Hans Ulrich ^a   Glassmeier, Karl Heinz ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (PLANET); NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLANETARY SURFACE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 84455171657     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1207290     Document Type: Article

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