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Magnetic field reversals in an experimental turbulent dynamo

Magnetic field reversals in an experimental turbulent dynamo

We report the first experimental observation of reversals of a dynamo field generated in a laboratory experiment based on a turbulent flow of liquid sodium. The magnetic field randomly switches between two symmetric solutions B and –B. We observe a hierarchy of time scales similar to the Earth's magnetic field: …