Planetary Science Seminar spring-2019
Paraboloids are the New Spheres: a Novel Set Up for Simulating Core Convection
May 24, 2019,
noon - 1 p.m.
Slichter 3853
Presented By:
Ashna Aggarwal
UCLA EPSS
Earth's dynamo is driven by rotating convection in the liquid iron outer core. We present a novel paraboloidal laboratory-numerical set up designed to investigate core-style turbulence, with theoretical justification and preliminary findings.