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The combination of numerical simulations, interactive data-mining, and visualization has proven to be very powerful when attempting to understand complex astrophysical systems. The present contribution aims at illustrating this by discussing examples from numerical magneto-hydrodynamical simulations within the context of astrophysical dynamos. Two qualitatively different simulations are discussed: A study of the magnetic field topology in a kinematic dynamo model, and a model of the buoyant rise of a twisted magnetic flux rope through a stellar convection zone.
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Dorch, B. (2000). Astrophysical MHD Simulation and Visualization. In: Engquist, B., Johnsson, L., Hammill, M., Short, F. (eds) Simulation and Visualization on the Grid. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57313-2_21
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