A class of self-sustaining dissipative spherical dynamos

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DOI10.1016/0003-4916(58)90054-XzbMath0084.24004WikidataQ29042488 ScholiaQ29042488MaRDI QIDQ770052

George Backus

Publication date: 1958

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)




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