Dr. Leonid Kitchatinov

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsAstrophysics
KeywordsDynamo theory, Sun: magnetic field, Stars: magnetic fields, Stars: rotation, Hydromagnetic stability of rotating fluids

Current contact address

CountryRussian Federation
CityIrkutsk
InstitutionRussian Academy of Sciences
InstituteInstitute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Günther RüdigerLeibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), Potsdam
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/1993

Programme(s)

1992Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2007G. Ruediger, L. L. Kitchatinov: Mean-field modeling of differential rotation. In: D. W. Hughes, R. Rosner, N. O. Weiss, The Solar Tachocline. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 129-144
2006Guenther Ruediger, Leonid Kitchatinov: Do mean-field dynamos in nonrotating turbulent shear-flows exist?. In: Astronomische Nachrichten, 2006, 298-303
2005L. L. Kitchatinov G. Ruediger: Differential rotation and meridional flow in the solar convection zone and beneath. In: Astronomische Nachrichten , 2005, 379-385
2005Guenther Ruediger, Leonid Kitchatinov, Rainer Arlt: The penetration of meridional flow into the tachocline and its meaning for the solar dynamo. In: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2005, L53-L56