Oscillating Ponomarenko dynamo in the highly conducting limit
Plasma Physics
2009-05-05 v1 Geophysics
Abstract
This paper considers dynamo action in smooth helical flows in cylindrical geometry, otherwise known as Ponomarenko dynamos, with periodic time dependence. An asymptotic framework is developed that gives growth rates and frequencies in the highly conducting limit of large magnetic Reynolds number, when modes tend to be localized on resonant stream surfaces. This theory is validated by means of numerical simulations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0905.0415,
title = {Oscillating Ponomarenko dynamo in the highly conducting limit},
author = {Marine Peyrot and Andrew Gilbert and Franck Plunian},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.0415},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
12 pages, 4 figures