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dynamo effect

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dynamo effect [′dī·nə‚mō i‚fekt]
(geophysics)
A process in the ionosphere in which winds and the resultant movement of ionization in the geomagnetic field give rise to induced current.


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Hu and his colleagues made use of a recently discovered phenomenon called the spin dynamo effect, in which the precession of the spins converts microwave-frequency energy into an electric current.
These magnetic fluctuations, we believe, lead to the dynamo effect in our laboratory and in the sun," Prager says.
An internal field would be produced by a dynamo effect produced within Mars' core.
 
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