The Malkus-Robbins dynamo with a nonlinear motor

Journal article

In a recent paper Moroz \cite{m02} considered a simplified version of the third class of self-exciting Faraday-disk dynamo model, introduced by Hide \cite{h97}, in the limit in which the Malkus-Robbins dynamo \cite{m72,r77} results as a special case. In that study a linear series motor was incorporated which led to an enriching of the range of possible behaviour that the original Malkus-Robbins dynamo could support. In this paper, we replace the linear motor by a nonlinear motor and consider the consequences on the dynamics of the dynamo.

Authors: Moroz, I

• Publication date: 2004-09-01