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Convective Dynamo Action

Convective Dynamo Action is a physical mechanism within the broader class of dynamo processes that generates and sustains large-scale magnetic fields in stellar interiors through the combined effects of turbulent convection and rotational shear, distinguishing it from purely laminar or induction-driven dynamos by its reliance on convective fluid motions to amplify and organize magnetic flux.

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Neutron star dynamos and the origins of pulsar magnetism

Christopher Thompson, Robert C. Duncan · The Astrophysical Journal · 1993 · 957 citations

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Scaling properties of convection-driven dynamos in rotating spherical shells and application to planetary magnetic fields

Ulrich R. Christensen, Julien Aubert · Geophysical Journal International · 2006 · 744 citations · Full text

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A three-dimensional convective dynamo solution with rotating and finitely conducting inner core and mantle

Gary A. Glatzmaier, Paul Roberts · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors · 1995 · 658 citations

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Global‐Scale Turbulent Convection and Magnetic Dynamo Action in the Solar Envelope

A. S. Brun, Mark S. Miesch, Juri Toomre · The Astrophysical Journal · 2004 · 480 citations · Full text

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Large-scale magnetic topologies of late M dwarfs★

J. Morin, J.‐F. Donati, P. Petit et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2010 · 459 citations · Full text

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  1. AB
    Axel Brandenburg

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    12 publications · 1K citations

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  2. AS
    A. S. Brun

    Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, France

    9 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. JT
    Juri Toomre

    Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, United States

    8 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. MR
    M. R. E. Proctor

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 229 citations

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  5. CA
    C. A. Jones

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 610 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    21 h-index

    73 publications

    10.2K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

    Göttingen, Germany

    15 h-index

    26 publications

    2.8K citations

  3. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    26 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    24 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    2.8K citations

  6. NSF NCAR High Altitude Observatory

    Boulder, United States

    12 h-index

    15 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    15 publications

    878 citations

  8. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    1.6K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 35 publications · 4.7K citations

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  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    17 publications · 938 citations

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  3. Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

    19 publications · 713 citations

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  4. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors

    11 publications · 982 citations

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    10 publications · 437 citations

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