Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
NPG
Articles | Volume 9, issue 3/4
Articles | Volume 9, issue 3/4
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-9-171-2002
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Articles | Volume 9, issue 3/4
31 Aug 2002
31 Aug 2002

On the mean-field theory of the Karlsruhe Dynamo Experiment

K.-H. Rädler, M. Rheinhardt, E. Apstein, and H. Fuchs

Abstract. In the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe an experiment has been constructed which demonstrates a homogeneous dynamo as is expected to exist in the Earth's interior. This experiment is discussed within the framework of mean-field dynamo theory. The main predictions of this theory are explained and compared with the experimental results.

Key words. Dynamo, geodynamo, dynamo experiment, mean-field dynamo theory, a-effect

How to cite. Rädler, K.-H., Rheinhardt, M., Apstein, E., and Fuchs, H.: On the mean-field theory of the Karlsruhe Dynamo Experiment, Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 9, 171–187, https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-9-171-2002, 2002.