Dynamo action in an ambient field
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D. Heyner; D. Schmitt; K.-H. Glassmeier; J. Wicht
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The origin of global magnetic fields in celestial bodies is generally ascribed to dynamo action by fluid motions in their electrically conducting interiors. Some objects β e.g. closeβin extraβsolar planets or the moons of some giant planets β are embedded in ambient magnetic fields whic