On the modified Taylor constraint

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 696-715

  Roberts, Paul H ^a   Wu, Cheng Chin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamos; Taylor s criterion; Torsional waves

Indexed keywords

DC GENERATORS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELASTIC WAVES; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; AXIS OF ROTATION; EVALUATION OF INTEGRALS; FLUID VELOCITIES; LENGTH OF DAYS; MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATION; S-CRITERION; SECOND-ORDER ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 84926105997     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929.2014.942955     Document Type: Article

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