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Helical ${\alpha}$-dynamos as twisted magnetic flux tubes in Riemannian space

Astrophysics 2007-12-27 v1

Abstract

Analytical solution of α{\alpha}-dynamo equation representing strongly torsioned helical dynamo is obtained in the thin twisted Riemannian flux tubes approximation. The α\alpha factor possesses a fundamental contribution from torsion which is however weaken in the thin tubes approximation. It is shown that assuming that the poloidal component of the magnetic field is in principle time-independent, the toroidal magnetic field component grows very fast in time, actually it possesses a linear time dependence, while the poloidal component grows under the influence of torsion or twist of the flux tube. The toroidal component decays spatially with as r2r^{-2} while vorticity may decay as r5r^{-5} (poloidal component) where r represents the radial distance from the magnetic axis of flux tube. Toroidal component of vorticity decays as r1r^{-1}. In turbulent dynamos unbounded magnetic fields may decay at least as r3r^{-3}.

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@article{arxiv.0712.3903,
  title  = {Helical ${\alpha}$-dynamos as twisted magnetic flux tubes in Riemannian space},
  author = {Garcia de Andrade},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.3903},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Departamento de Fisica Teorica-IF-UERJ-Brasil