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Magnetic filamentary structures in the ${\alpha}^{2}$ dynamo spectrum in plasmas

Plasma Physics 2009-06-08 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Kinney et al [PPL \textbf{1},(1994)] have investigated plasma filamentary structure dynamics. More recently, Wilkin et al [Phys Rev Lett \textbf{99}:134501,(2007)] have shown that kinetic energy spectrum of magnetic structures in small-scale dynamos, are predominantly filamentary. Kirilov et al [PRE (2009)] have shown that use of the boundary values of the mean-field isotropic helical turbulent α2{\alpha}^{2}-dynamo, could determine the morphology of dynamo instability. In this paper, filamentary Frenet frame in diffusive media, displays the existence of kinematic chaotic dynamo in 3D Euclidean space E3{\textbf{E}^{3}}. In 2D, either no dynamo action spectrum is found, in agreement with Cowling anti-dynamo theorem, or slow dynamos [PPL \textbf{15},(2008)]. Curvature and diffusion effects are encodded in the matrix representation of α2{\alpha}^{2}-dynamo operator. Instead of principal scalar curvatures κ1{\kappa}_{1} and κ2{\kappa}_{2} of the surface of structures, only one scalar curvature κ{\kappa} is needed to determine dynamos spectra. Filament thickness, increases with scalar curvature, as happens in solar physics.

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@article{arxiv.0906.1155,
  title  = {Magnetic filamentary structures in the ${\alpha}^{2}$ dynamo spectrum in plasmas},
  author = {Garcia de Andrade},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.1155},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Dept of theoretical physics-IF-UERJ-Brasil