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UK MHD Meeting 2004
Thursday 6th and Friday 7th May 2004
Nice - Cote D'Azur
Laboratory Cassiopée UMR6202 CNRS
Observatory of the Cote d'Azur
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What limit
magnetic Reynolds number may be experimentally achieved ?
Jacques
Léorat, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon
The two successfull fluid dynamo experiments of Riga and Karlsruhe in
november 1999
had magnetic Reynolds numbers just above criticality, around 50.
Sodium
flow experiments now use containers without internal walls , with
expected Rm closer to 100.
What is the limit Rm reachable in a MHD wind tunnel ?