The cowling anti-dynamo theorem

DOI10.1080/03091928008241175zbMath0453.76098OpenAlexW2032036772WikidataQ114640811 ScholiaQ114640811MaRDI QIDQ3901235

D. E. Winch, Paul H. Roberts, R. W. James

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928008241175

zbMATH Keywords

Bullard and Gellman spectral formulationCowling anti-dynamo theoremkinematic dynamo theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Geo-electricity and geomagnetism (86A25)

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