Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6447609 | Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors | 2013 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
The particular setup explored here allows a strong equatorial jet to remain confined to the weaker conducting outer region where it does not interfere with the deeper seated dynamo action. The flanking mid to high latitude jets, on the other hand, have to remain faint to yield a strongly dipolar magnetic field. The fiercer jets on Jupiter and Saturn only seem compatible with the observed dipolar fields when they remain confined to a weaker conducting outer layer.
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Authors
Lúcia D.V. Duarte, Thomas Gastine, Johannes Wicht,