2 papers
astro-ph2006
A non-axisymmetric magnetorotational instability of a purely toroidal magnetic field
R. Hollerbach, G. Rudiger, M. Schultz +1
We consider the flow of an electrically conducting fluid between differentially rotating cylinders, in the presence of an externally imposed toroidal field B_0 (r_i/r) e_phi. It is…
astro-ph2005
Oscillating α^2-dynamos and the reversal phenomenon of the global geodynamo
A. Giesecke, G. Rudiger, D. Elstner
A geodynamo-model based on an α-effect which has been computed under conditions suitable for the geodynamo is constructed. For a highly restricted class of radial α-profiles the li…