Solar and planetary dynamos: comparison and recent developments

Details Solar and planetary dynamos: comparison and recent developments Solar and planetary dynamos: comparison and recent developments

2009-01-07

arxiv.org/abs/0901.0839v1

IAU Symp. 257, 71-81 (2009)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

10 pages, 1 figure; to be published in "Universal Heliophysical processes" (Proc. IAU Symp. 257, ed. by Gopalswamy and Webb)

Scientific paper

10.1017/S1743921309029123

While obviously having a common root, solar and planetary dynamo theory have taken increasingly divergent routes in the last two or three decades, and there are probably few experts now who can claim to be equally versed in both. Characteristically, even in the fine and comprehensive book "The magnetic Universe" (Rudiger & Hollerbach 2004), the chapters on planets and on the Sun were written by different authors. Separate reviews written on the two topics include Petrovay (2000}, Charbonneau (2005), Choudhuri (2008) on the solar dynamo and Glatzmaier (2002), Stevenson (2003) on the planetary dynamo. In the following I will try to make a systematic comparison between solar and planetary dynamos, presenting analogies and differences, and highlighting some interesting recent results.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Solar and planetary dynamos: comparison and recent developments does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Solar and planetary dynamos: comparison and recent developments, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Solar and planetary dynamos: comparison and recent developments will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-720466