The macrodynamics of α-effect dynamos in rotating fluids

DOI10.1017/S0022112075000390zbMath0299.76049MaRDI QIDQ4054803

M. R. E. Proctor, Willem Malkus

Publication date: 1975

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76U05: General theory of rotating fluids

76W05: Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics

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• On α‐dynamos
• Magnetohydrodynamics of the Earth's Core