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Galactic Dynamo Models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

N.P. Moore ,
J.S. Panesar  and
A.H. Nelson
N.P. Moore
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy University of Wales College of Cardiff PO Box 913 Cardiff CF2 3YB
J.S. Panesar
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy University of Wales College of Cardiff PO Box 913 Cardiff CF2 3YB
A.H. Nelson
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy University of Wales College of Cardiff PO Box 913 Cardiff CF2 3YB

Abstract

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We present the results of 3-d numerical simulations of galactic dynamos. Using reasonably justifiable parameters, kinematic dynamo models are shown to reproduce the gross features of galaxy magnetic fields. The central field morphology is suggestive of an embryonic jet generator.

Type
Poster Contributions: Disks Structure and Emission
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 159: Multi-Wavelength Continuum Emission of AGN , 1994 , pp. 486
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994 

References

Moffatt, H.K., 1978, Magnetic Field Generation in Electrically Conducting Fluids, Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Panesar, J.S., and Nelson, A.H., 1992, Astron. Astrophys. 264, 77–85.Google Scholar