TY - BOOK ID - 2873028 TI - Dynamo and dynamics, a mathematical challenge : proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on ..., Cargèse, France, 21-26 August, 2000 AU - Chossat, P. AU - Ambruster, D. AU - Oprea, I AU - NATO Advanced Study Institutes AU - Kluwer Academic Publishers AU - NATO PY - 2001 VL - v. 26 SN - 0792370694 0792370708 9401007888 PB - Dordrecht ; Boston ; London Brussels Kluwer Academic Publishers NATO Scientific Affairs Division DB - UniCat KW - Dynamo theory (Cosmic physics) KW - Magnetohydrodynamics KW - Electric generators KW - Théorie dynamo (Physique spatiale) KW - Magnétohydrodynamique KW - Générateurs électriques KW - Congresses KW - Congresses. KW - Congrès KW - Théorie dynamo (Physique spatiale) KW - Magnétohydrodynamique KW - Générateurs électriques KW - Congrès KW - Continuum physics. KW - Fluids. KW - Mathematical models. KW - Geophysics. KW - Astrophysics. KW - Classical and Continuum Physics. KW - Fluid- and Aerodynamics. KW - Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics. KW - Geophysics/Geodesy. KW - Astrophysics and Astroparticles. KW - Astronomical physics KW - Astronomy KW - Cosmic physics KW - Physics KW - Geological physics KW - Terrestrial physics KW - Earth sciences KW - Models, Mathematical KW - Simulation methods KW - Hydraulics KW - Mechanics KW - Hydrostatics KW - Permeability KW - Classical field theory KW - Continuum physics KW - Continuum mechanics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2873028 AB - This book contains the lectures given at the workshop "Dynamo and dynamics, a mathematical challenge" held in Cargese from August 21 to 26, 2000. The workshop differed from most previous conferences on the dynamo effect in two important respects. First, it was at this international conference that the experimental observation of homogeneous fluid dynamos was first reported. Second, the conference gathered scientists from very different fields, thus showing that thepynamo problem has become an interdisciplinary subject involving not only astrophysicists and geophysicists, but also scientists working in dynamical systems theory, hydrodynamics, and numerical simulation, as well as several groups in experimental physics. This book thus reports important results on various dynamo studies in these different contexts: - Decades after the discovery of the first analytic examples of laminar fluid dynamos, the self-generation of a magnetic field by a flow ofliquid sodium has been reported by the Karlsruhe and Riga groups. Although there were no doubts concerning the self generation by the laminar Roberts-type or Ponomarenko-type flows that were used, these experiments have raised interesting questions about the influence of the turbulent fluctuations on the dynamo threshold and on the saturation level of the magnetic field. ER -