On the saturation of astrophysical dynamos: Numerical experiments with the no-cosines flow

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On the saturation of astrophysical dynamos : Numerical experiments with the no-cosines flow. / Dorch, Bertil; Archontis, Vasilis.

I: Solar Physics, Bind 224, Nr. 1-2, 2004, s. 171-178.

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Dorch, B & Archontis, V 2004, 'On the saturation of astrophysical dynamos: Numerical experiments with the no-cosines flow', Solar Physics, bind 224, nr. 1-2, s. 171-178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-005-5700-4

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Dorch, B., & Archontis, V. (2004). On the saturation of astrophysical dynamos: Numerical experiments with the no-cosines flow. Solar Physics, 224(1-2), 171-178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-005-5700-4

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Dorch B, Archontis V. On the saturation of astrophysical dynamos: Numerical experiments with the no-cosines flow. Solar Physics. 2004;224(1-2):171-178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-005-5700-4

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Dorch, Bertil ; Archontis, Vasilis. / On the saturation of astrophysical dynamos : Numerical experiments with the no-cosines flow. I: Solar Physics. 2004 ; Bind 224, Nr. 1-2. s. 171-178.

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