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Tayler-Spruit dynamo: a standalone construct

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Astrophysics

a proposed dynamo in stably stratified stellar interiors where differential rotation and the Tayler instability sustain a field that transports angular momentum.

In astrophysics, Tayler-Spruit dynamo refers to a proposed dynamo in stably stratified stellar interiors where differential rotation and the Tayler instability sustain a field that transports angular momentum. This meaning comes from Spruit (2002) in Astronomy & Astrophysics.[1]

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References

Spruit, H. C. (2002). Dynamo action by differential rotation in a stably stratified stellar interior. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 381(3), 923-932. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011465

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