14–18 Feb 2011
Wenner Gren Center
Europe/Stockholm timezone

Galactic dynamos need galactic outflows to survive

15 Feb 2011, 09:00
30m
Wenner-Gren Center, floor 7, Hörsalen (Wenner Gren Center)

Wenner-Gren Center, floor 7, Hörsalen

Wenner Gren Center

Sveavägen 164 SE-113 46 Stockholm Sweden

Speaker

Prof. Anvar Shukurov (School of Mathematics and Statistics, Newcastle University, U.K.)

Description

We discuss mean-field disc dynamos (mainly as applied to galaxies) subject to magnetic helicity conservation constraint. We demonstrate how this constraint enriches the dynamo model with physical contant and facilitates detailed comparison of the theory with observations.

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