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Galactic Dynamos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

David Moss*
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK

Abstract

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There is a broad agreement between the predictions of galactic dynamo theory and observations; although there are still some unresolved difficulties, the theory appears to be robust. Now attention is turning from generic models to studies of particular features of the large-scale magnetic fields, and also to models for specific galaxies. The effects of noncircular flows, for example driven by the interaction of spiral arms and galactic bars with the dynamo, are of current interest.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2002

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