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The dynamics of the Rikitake dynamo from the stiff limit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

P. B. Chapman ,
J. N. Glover  and
A. I. Mees
P. B. Chapman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, The University of Western Australia
J. N. Glover
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, The University of Western Australia
A. I. Mees
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, The University of Western Australia
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The Rikitake two-disc system [10] has been proposed as a model of the Earth's magnetic dipole. Numerical integration of the system by Rikitake[10] and Allan [1] showed the phenomenon of polarity reversal which is seen in terrestrial paleomagnetic data [6]. Reversals in the simulations occurred at irregular and apparently unpredictable time intervals, in accord with the capricious character of the real data, though the agreement was qualitative rather than quantitative.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 108 , Issue 1 , July 1990 , pp. 171 - 191
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1990

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