Hydromagnetics of rotating fluids
- 1 February 1973
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Reports on Progress in Physics
- Vol. 36 (2) , 159-221
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/36/2/002
Abstract
The author reviews work on the dynamics of a rapidly rotating electrically conducting fluid in the presence of a corotating magnetic field. While the separate action of either rotation or a magnetic field produces strong dynamical constraints, their simultaneous action can result in comparatively weak net constraints and novel phenomena then arise. A systematic account of these phenomena is given and certain applications to natural systems (with emphasis on the dynamics of the Earth's liquid core) are outlined.Keywords
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