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On The Galactic Dynamo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

R. Rosner and
E. Deluca
R. Rosner
Affiliation:
Enrico Fermi Institute and Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
E. Deluca
Affiliation:
Enrico Fermi Institute and Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637

Abstract

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We critically review the status of our current understanding of galactic dynamo theory. In brief, a definitive model for the production of magnetic fields on galactic scales remains to be constructed.

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Type
Magnetic Phenomena
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 136: The Galactic Center , 1989, pp. 319 - 328
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989 

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