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Axisymmetric dynamo action is possible with anisotropic conductivity

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PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH
Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages -

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AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013321

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A milestone of dynamo theory is Cowling's theorem, known in its modern form as the impossibility for an axisymmetric velocity field to generate an axisymmetric magnetic field by dynamo action. Using anisotropic electrical conductivity, we show that an axisymmetric dynamo is in fact possible with a motion as simple as solid-body rotation. On top of that, the instability analysis can be conducted entirely analytically, leading to an explicit expression of the dynamo threshold, which is the only example in dynamo theory.

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