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Mean-field dynamos in random Arnold-Beltrami-Childress and Roberts flows

Astrophysics 2009-11-13 v2

Abstract

We study magnetic field evolution in flows with fluctuating in time governing parameters in electrically conducting fluid. We use a standard mean-field approach to derive equations for large-scale magnetic field for the fluctuating ABC-flow as well as for the fluctuating Roberts flow. The derived mean-field dynamo equations have growing solutions with growth rate of the large-scale magnetic field which is not controlled by molecular magnetic diffusivity. Our study confirms the Zeldovich idea that the nonstationarity of the fluid flow may remove the obstacle in large-scale dynamo action of classic stationary flows.

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@article{arxiv.0811.3123,
  title  = {Mean-field dynamos in random Arnold-Beltrami-Childress and Roberts flows},
  author = {N. Kleeorin and I. Rogachevskii and D. Sokoloff and D. Tomin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.3123},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, revised version to match published version