An approach to a dynamic theory of dynamo action in a rotating conducting fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112072000205zbMath0252.76076MaRDI QIDQ5666346

Henry Keith Moffatt

Publication date: 1972

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05)

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Cites Work

• Turbulent dynamo action at low magnetic Reynolds number
• Dynamo action associated with random inertial waves in a rotating conducting fluid
• On the hydromagnetic stability of a rotating fluid annulus

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