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Prof. Dr. Günther Rüdiger

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Research

Solar and stellar differential rotation

Magnetic fields in stars and galaxies, dynamo theory

Turbulence in accretion disks, shear flow instability

Turbulence and helioseismology

Magnetic-induced instabilities: MRI, Tayler instability

Lab-astrophysics, PROMISE

Cross helicity at the solar surface

Magnetohydrodynamics and Turbulence
Guest
Office: HH/030
Phone: +49 331 7499 512
gruedigernothing@aip.de

Leibniz-Institut
für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)
An der Sternwarte 16
14482 Potsdam
 

External Collaborations

Alfio Bonnano

Axel Brandenburg

Rainer Hollerbach

Leonid Kitchatinov

Michael Mond

Dima Shalybkov

Frank Stefani, Gunter Gerbeth

 

Science Award 2008 for PROMISE with Dr. Frank Stefani

Stifterverband der deutschen Wissenschaft

Forschungszentrum Dresden (Magnetohydrodynamics)

Publications

Latest refereed publications, retrieved from NASA ADS:

Fritz Krause (1927-2024)
Rüdiger, G., 2024
Astronomische Nachrichten, 345, 5, e20240048; published June 2024
doi:10.1002/asna.20240048, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Magnetohydrodynamics and Turbulence
The gap-size influence on the excitation of magnetorotational instability in cylindricTaylor-Couette flows
Rüdiger, G., Schultz, M., 2024
Journal of Plasma Physics, 90, 1, 905900105; published January 2024
doi:10.1017/S0022377823001356, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Magnetohydrodynamics and Turbulence
Alpha tensor and dynamo excitation in turbulent fluids with anisotropic conductivity fluctuations
Gressel, O., Rüdiger, G., Elstner, D., 2023
Astronomische Nachrichten, 344, 3, e20210039; published March 2023
doi:10.1002/asna.20210039, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Magnetohydrodynamics and Turbulence
On the toroidal‑velocity antidynamo theorem under the presence of nonuniform electric conductivity
Rüdiger, G., Schultz, M., 2022
Astronomische Nachrichten, 343, 5, e24011; published June 2022
doi:10.1002/asna.20224011, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Magnetohydrodynamics and Turbulence
Destabilization of super-rotating Taylor-Couette flows by current-free helical magnetic fields
Rüdiger, G., Schultz, M., Hollerbach, R., 2021
Journal of Plasma Physics, 87, 2, 905870227; published May 2021
doi:10.1017/S0022377821000295, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Magnetohydrodynamics and Turbulence
Angular momentum transport by magnetoconvection and the magnetic modulation of the solar differential rotation
Rüdiger, G., Küker, M., 2021
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 649, A173; published May 2021
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039912, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Magnetohydrodynamics and Turbulence
Electrodynamics of turbulent fluids with fluctuating electric conductivity
Rüdiger, G., Küker, M., Käpylä, P. J., 2020
Journal of Plasma Physics, 86, 3, 905860318; published June 2020
doi:10.1017/S0022377820000665, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Magnetohydrodynamics and Turbulence
Large-scale dynamo action of magnetized Taylor-Couette flows
Rüdiger, G., Schultz, M., 2020
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493, 1, 1249; published March 2020
doi:10.1093/mnras/staa293, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Magnetohydrodynamics and Turbulence
Two types of axisymmetric helical magnetorotational instability in rotating flows with positive shear
Mamatsashvili, G., Stefani, F., Hollerbach, R., Rüdiger, G., 2019
Physical Review Fluids, 4, 10, 103905; published October 2019
doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.103905, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Magnetohydrodynamics and Turbulence
Antisolar differential rotation of slowly rotating cool stars
Rüdiger, G., Küker, M., Käpylä, P. J., Strassmeier, K. G., 2019
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 630, A109; published October 2019
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201935280, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Magnetohydrodynamics and Turbulence