MHD dynamos and turbulence

Ten Chapters in Turbulence

Volumn 9780521769440, Issue , 2010, Pages 351-404

  Tobias, S M ^a   Cattaneo, F ^b   Boldyrev, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139032810.010     Document Type: Chapter

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