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physics.geo-ph2008
Excitability in the vicinity of a saddle-node bifurcation: a mechanism for reversals
F. Petrelis, S. Fauve
We present a new mechanism for oscillatory or random reversals of the magnetic field that occur from a stationary dynamo state. The basic ingredient is the existence of two nearly…
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A simple mechanism for the reversals of Earth's magnetic field
F. Petrelis, S. Fauve, E. Dormy +1
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 exp…