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The stability of toroidal fields in stars
Jonathan Braithwaite
We present numerical models of hydromagnetic instabilities under the conditions prevailing in a stably stratified, non-convective stellar interior, and compare them with previous r…
Stable magnetic fields in stellar interiors
J. Braithwaite, A. Nordlund
We investigate the 50-year old hypothesis that the magnetic fields of the Ap stars are stable equilibria that have survived in these stars since their formation. With numerical sim…
A differential rotation driven dynamo in a stably stratified star
J. Braithwaite, H. C. Spruit
We present numerical simulations of a self-sustaining magnetic field in a differentially rotating non-convective stellar interior. A weak initial field is wound up by the different…
A fossil origin for the magnetic fields of A-stars and white dwarfs
J. Braithwaite, H. C. Spruit
Some main-sequence stars of spectral type A are observed to have a strong (300-30000 G), static, large-scale magnetic field, of a chiefly dipolar shape -- the `Ap stars' (for examp…