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Towards the Magnetic Field of M 81

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

David Moss ,
Axel Brandenburg ,
Karl Johan Donner  and
Magnus Thomasson
David Moss
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Axel Brandenburg
Affiliation:
Isaac Newton Institute, 20 Clarkson Road, Cambridge CB3 0EH, UK
Karl Johan Donner
Affiliation:
Observatory and Astrophysics Laboratory, University of Helsinki, Tähtitorninmäki, SF-00130 Helsinki, Finland
Magnus Thomasson
Affiliation:
NORDITA, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen ⊘, Denmark

Abstract

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We present calculations showing how both transient effects associated with nonaxisymmetric seed fields, and an interaction with a companion, can produce BSS type magnetic structure in a spiral galaxy.

Keywords

Spiral GalaxiesM81Magnetic Fields
Type
8. Magnetic Fields in Galaxies: Dynamo Theory
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 157: The Cosmic Dynamo , 1993 , pp. 339 - 343
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1993 

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