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physics.geo-ph2007★ 23 cited
Reversals in nature and the nature of reversals
Frank Stefani, Mingtian Xu, Luca Sorriso-Valvo +2
The asymmetric shape of reversals of the Earth's magnetic field indicates a possible connection with relaxation oscillations as they were early discussed by van der Pol. A simple m…
physics.geo-ph2005★ 41 cited
Why dynamos are prone to reversals
Frank Stefani, Gunter Gerbeth, Uwe Guenther +1
In a recent paper (Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (2005), 184506; physics/0411050) it was shown that a simple mean-field dynamo model with a spherically symmetric helical turbulence parameter…