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Magnetic Field Evolution

Magnetic Field Evolution is a theoretical framework that describes the temporal changes in magnetic field configurations across astrophysical scales—from planetary and stellar interiors to interstellar and galactic environments—by modeling the dynamical processes such as flux freezing, magnetic reconnection, and magnetohydrodynamic turbulence that govern the generation, amplification, and dissipation of magnetic fields.

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Structure of the Solar Nebula, Growth and Decay of Magnetic Fields and Effects of Magnetic and Turbulent Viscosities on the Nebula

Chûshirô Hayashi · Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement · 1981 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Magnetic fields in the early Universe

Dario Grasso, H.R. Rubinstein · Physics Reports · 2001 · 1K citations · Full text

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Physics of strongly magnetized neutron stars

A. K. Harding, Dong Lai · Reports on Progress in Physics · 2006 · 818 citations · Full text

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Cosmological magnetic fields: their generation, evolution and observation

Ruth Durrer, A. Neronov · The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review · 2013 · 801 citations · Full text

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HARM: A Numerical Scheme for General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics

Charles F. Gammie, Jonathan C. McKinney, Gábor Tóth · The Astrophysical Journal · 2003 · 796 citations · Full text

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  1. LF
    L. F. Burlaga

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    16 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. AB
    Axel Brandenburg

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    16 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. DM
    D. Moss

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 397 citations

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  4. JA
    J. A. Pons

    University of Alicante, Spain

    12 publications · 775 citations

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    C. T. Russell

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    14 publications · 908 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    45 h-index

    227 publications

    16.9K citations

  2. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    30 h-index

    78 publications

    8K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Germany

    29 h-index

    76 publications

    6.7K citations

  4. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    29 h-index

    72 publications

    6.5K citations

  5. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    26 h-index

    51 publications

    3.8K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    25 h-index

    74 publications

    3.8K citations

  7. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    24 h-index

    42 publications

    3.7K citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    24 h-index

    77 publications

    4.9K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 286 publications · 20.3K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    106 publications · 7.2K citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 53 publications · 5.2K citations

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  5. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 31 publications · 2.2K citations

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