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Magnetic Noise and the Galactic Dynamo / S.W. Anderson and R.M. Kulsrud -- On the Oscillation in Model Z / A.P. Anufriev, I. Cupal and P. Hejda -- Nonlinear Dynamos in a Spherical Shell / C.F. Barenghi -- The Onset of Dynamo Action in Alpha-lambda Dynamos / D.M. Barker -- Multifractality, Near-singularities and the Role of Stretching in Turbulence / A. Brandenburg, I. Procaccia, D. Segel, A. Vincent and M. Manzini -- Note on Perfect Fast Dynamo Action in a Large-amplitude SFS Map / S. Childress -- A Thermally Driven Disc Dynamo / A.Y.K. Chui and H.K. Moffatt -- Magnetic Instabilities in Rapidly Rotating Systems / D.R. Fearn -- Modes of a Flux Ring Lying in the Equator of a Star / A. Ferriz-Mas and M. Schussler -- A Nonaxisymmetric Dynamo in Toroidal Geometry / M. Foth -- Simulating the Interaction of Convection with Magnetic Fields in the Sun / P.A. Fox, M.L. Theobald and S. Sofia -- Experimental Aspects of a Laboratory Scale Liquid Sodium Dynamo Model / A. Gailitis.

Influence of the Period of an ABC Flow on its Dynamo Action / B. Galanti, A. Pouquet and P.L. Sulem -- Numerical Calculations of Dynamos for ABC and Related Flows / D.J. Galloway and N.R. O'Brian -- Local Helicity, a Material Invariant for the Odd-dimensional Incompressible Euler Equations / S. Gama and U. Frisch -- On the Quasimagnetostrophic Asymptotic Approximation Related to Solar Activity / M. Ghizaru -- Simple Dynamical Fast Dynamos / A.D. Gilbert, N.F. Otani and S. Childress -- A Numerical Study of Dynamos in Spherical Shells with Conducting Boundaries / W. Hirsching and F.H. Busse -- Non-axisymmetric Shear Layers in a Rotating Spherical Shell / R. Hollerbach and M.R.E. Proctor -- Testing for Dynamo Action / D.W. Hughes -- Alpha-quenching in Cylindrical Magnetoconvection / C.A. Jones and D.J. Galloway -- On the Stretching of Line Elements in Fluids: an Approach from Differential Geometry / T. Kambe, Y. Hattori and V. Zeitlin.

Instabilities of Tidally and Precessionally Induced Flows / R.R. Kerswell -- Probability Distribution of Passive Scalars with Nonlinear Mean Gradient / Y. Kimura -- Magnetic Fluctuations in Fast Dynamos / R. Kulsrud and S. Anderson -- A Statistical Description of MHD Turbulence in Laboratory Plasmas / A. Lazarian -- Compressible Magnetoconvection in Three Dimensions / P.C. Matthews -- The Excitation of Nonaxisymmetric Magnetic Fields in Galaxies / D. Moss and A. Brandenburg -- Localized Magnetic Fields in a Perfectly Conducting Fluid / M. Nunez -- Turbulent Dynamo and the Geomagnetic Secular Variation / O.V. Pilipenko, B.G. Zinchenko and D.D. Sokoloff -- On-Off Intermittency: General Description and Feedback Model / N. Platt -- Dynamo Action in a Nearly Integrable Chaotic Flow / Y. Ponty, A. Pouquet, V. Rom-Kedar and P.L. Sulem -- The Dynamo Mechanism in the Deep Convection Zone of the Sun / T. Prautzsch -- Shearing Instabilities in Magnetoconvection / A.M. Rucklidge and P.C. Matthews.

On the Role of Rotation of the Internal Core Relative to the Mantle / A. Ruzmaikin -- Evolution of Magnetic Fields in a Swirling Jet / A.M. Shukurov and D.D. Sokoloff -- Analytic Fast Dynamo Solution for a Two-dimensional Pulsed Flow / A.M. Soward -- On Magnetic Dynamos in Thin Accretion Disks Around Compact and Young Stars / T.F. Stepinski -- The Strong Field Branch of the Childress-Soward Dynamo / M.G. St. Pierre -- Evidence for the Suppression of the Alpha-effect by Weak Magnetic Fields / L. Tao, F. Cattaneo and S.I. Vainshtein -- Turbulent Magnetic Transport Effects and their Relation to Magnetic Field Intermittency / S.I. Vainshtein, L. Tao, F. Cattaneo and R. Rosner -- Proving the Existence of Negative Isotropic Eddy Viscosity / M. Vergassola, S. Gama and U. Frisch -- Dynamo Action Induced by Lateral Variation of Electrical Conductivity / J. Wicht and F.H. Busse -- Spherical Inertial Oscillation and Convection / K. Zhang.

Hydrodynamic Stability of the ABC Flow / O. Zheligovsky and A. Pouquet -- Dynamos with Ambipolar Diffusion / E.G. Zweibel and M.R.E. Proctor.

Dynamo theory is the study of how large-scale magnetic fields can arise in bodies such as the Earth, Sun and stars, and it brings together researchers in such diverse subjects as geophysics, astronomy and nuclear reactor technology. In this book are papers on the theory of dynamos, delivered at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge in September 1992, and these have been carefully brought together to form a unified presentation. Topics covered include: modelling of solar magnetic field generation, theoretical studies of the galaxies, and papers on 'fast dynamos', study of magnetic field regeneration in fluid of very high electrical conductivity. This volume represents a comprehensive record of research into the theory of dynamos.