Dynamo Maintenance of Magnetic Fields in Stars
Abstract
Astrophysical magnetic fields Introduction Observed magnetic fields Hydromagnetic dynamos The solar cycle Observations Phenomenological model Kinematic dynamo theory Cowling's theorem Simple dynamo models Computational techniques Finite differences Expansion in toroidal and poloidal spherical harmonics Macroscopic dynamos Mean field electrodynamics The dynamo equations Mean field electrodynamics Dynamo models Constant α α2 dynamos αω dynamos Oblique rotators Magnetohydrodynamic dynamos Mean field dynamos Macroscopic motions Convective models Dynamo action in the sun and stars Astrophysical dynamos Convection and magnetic fields in the sun Problems of the solar dynamo Stellar dynamos References
- Publication:
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Saas-Fee Advanced Course 4: Magnetohydrodynamics
- Pub Date:
- 1974
- Bibcode:
- 1974magn.conf..185W