Fast dynamo action in a steady flow

DOI10.1017/S0022112087001800zbMath0637.76122WikidataQ57946897 ScholiaQ57946897MaRDI QIDQ3777672

Andrew M. Soward

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

vorticityelectrically conducting fluidmean-field modelboundary-layer methodsexistence of fast dynamosX- type stagnation points

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05)

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Cites Work

• Kinematic dynamo problem in a linear velocity field
• Topological constraints associated with fast dynamo action
• Turbulent dynamo action at low magnetic Reynolds number

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