Understanding stars: How tornado-shaped flow in a dynamo strengthens the magnetic field
Tuesday, May 23, 2017 - 11:31
in Astronomy & Space
The massive, churning core of conducting liquids in stars and some planets creates a dynamo that generates the planetary body's magnetic field. Researchers aim to better understand these dynamos through computer simulations and by recreating them in the laboratory using canisters of rapidly spinning, liquid sodium.