A simple mechanism for the reversals of Earth's magnetic field

Abstract

We show that a model, recently used to describe all the dynamical regimes of the magnetic field generated by the dynamo effect in the VKS experiment [1], also provides a simple explanation of the reversals of Earth's magnetic field, despite strong differences between both systems.

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• Reversals in nature and the nature of reversals

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