Dynamo action and the nearly axisymmetric magnetic field of Saturn

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Zeitschriftentitel:	Geophysical Research Letters
Personen und Körperschaften:	Love, J. J.
In:	Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 2000, 18, S. 2889-2892
Format:	E-Article
Sprache:	Englisch
veröffentlicht:	American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Schlagwörter:	General Earth and Planetary Sciences Geophysics

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Zusammenfassung:	<jats:p>We examine kinematic dynamo action in an electrically conducting spherical body of fluid with an overlying shell of differential rotation. It is thought that such flow types could explain the nearly axisymmetric magnetic field of Saturn. Although we find that an outer layer of differential rotation can ‘axisymmetrize’ the exterior magnetic field, surprisingly, sometimes it does not, giving magnetic fields that have no axisymmetric ingredients.</jats:p>
Umfang:	2889-2892
ISSN:	0094-8276 1944-8007
DOI:	10.1029/1999gl008466