The study of dynamos is motivated by one of the most fundamental problems of physics: How to explain the structure, dynamics, and maintenance of magnetic fields in the universe. “Dynamo action” will be defined precisely later in this lecture. For now, we say that a dynamo is a process that can generate and amplify magnetic fields.
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, … angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of the night.
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Schnack, D.D. (2009). Dynamos: Magnetic Field Generation and Maintenance. In: Lectures in Magnetohydrodynamics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 780. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00688-3_38
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