Helicity and dynamo action in magnetized stellar radiation zones
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On magnetic instabilities and dynamo action in stellar radiation zones
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21569.x