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On Convection Driven Dynamos in Rotating Spherical Shells

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Solutions for chaotic dynamos driven by thermal convection in a rotating spherical shell are obtained numerically for different Prandtl numbers. The influence of this parameter which is usually suppressed in the magnetostrophic approximation is emphasized in the present analysis.

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    F.H. Busse, Eike Grote & A. Tilgner

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Busse, F., Grote, E. & Tilgner, A. On Convection Driven Dynamos in Rotating Spherical Shells. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 42, 211–223 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023370314270

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