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WE have improved our previous self-exciting “homogeneous” laboratory dynamo1; the new dynamo is in essence completely homogeneous and exhibits spontaneous oscillation and reversal of its magnetic field.
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LOWES, F., WILKINSON, I. Geomagnetic Dynamo: An Improved Laboratory Model. Nature 219, 717–718 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219717a0
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