Synchronization in mean field dynamo models

Synchronization is a fundamental phenomenon in nonlinear dynamical systems.
In my presentation I will refer to essential features of synchronized
systems with focus on a kinematic dynamo model driven by two
counter-rotating disks including weak periodic perturbations. Similar
concepts can be used to explain the behavior of triadic resonances in a
precession driven flow, which may be seen as a precursor for the
transition into a turbulent regime found at a critical precession ratio
in the DRESDYN water experiment. Finally, I show the connection to the
synchronized solar dynamo model presented by Frank Stefani, where the
magnetic field frequencies are determined by the tidal forces caused by
planets surrounding the sun.