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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2218. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Dynamo theory is that branch of MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS which is concerned with the self-excitation of magnetic fields in any large rotating mass of conducting fluid in motion (usually turbulent). Self-exciting dynamo action is believed to account for the very existence of magnetic fields in astrophysical systems, whether at the planetary, stellar, or galactic scale (see GEODYNAMO, DYNAMOS: SOLAR AN...

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