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We present a set of three-dimensional (3D) direct numerical simulations of incompressible decaying magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in which we investigate the influence of an external uniform magnetic field B_0. A parametric study in terms…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 Barbara Bigot , Sebastien Galtier , Helene Politano

The formation and evolution of a wide class of astrophysical objects is governed by turbulent, magnetized accretion disks. Understanding their secular dynamics is of primary importance. Apart from enabling mass accretion via the transport…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-16 Oliver Gressel , Martin E. Pessah

The $\Lambda$ effect describes a rotation-induced non-diffusive contribution to the Reynolds stress. It is commonly held responsible for maintaining the observed differential rotation of the Sun and other late-type stars. Here the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-18 Petri J. Käpylä

We explore a response of a non-linear non-axisymmetric mean-field solar dynamo model to shallow non-axisymmetric perturbations. After a relaxation period the amplitude of the non-axisymmetric field depends on the initial condition, helicity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-18 V. V. Pipin , A. G. Kosovichev

We use ensemble machine learning algorithms to study the evolution of magnetic fields in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence that is helically forced. We perform direct numerical simulations of helically forced turbulence using mean field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-11 Farrukh Nauman , Joonas Nättilä

The small-scale dynamo is a process by which turbulent kinetic energy is converted into magnetic energy, and thus is expected to depend crucially on the nature of turbulence. In this work, we present a model for the small-scale dynamo that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Jennifer Schober , Dominik Schleicher , Christoph Federrath , Ralf Klessen , Robi Banerjee

An effect of sheared large-scale motions on a mean electromotive force in a nonrotating turbulent flow of a conducting fluid is studied. It is demonstrated that in a homogeneous divergence-free turbulent flow the alpha-effect does not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 I. Rogachevskii , N. Kleeorin

Turbulence and magnetic fields are components of the interstellar medium and are interconnected through plasma processes. In particular, the magnetic flux transport in the presence of magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is an essential…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-30 C. N. Koshikumo , R. Santos-Lima , M. V. del Valle , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , G. Guerrero , A. Lazarian

We perform 3D vertically-stratified local shearing-box ideal MHD simulations of the magnetorotational instability (MRI) that include a net vertical magnetic flux, which is characterized by beta_0 (ratio of gas pressure to magnetic pressure…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Xue-Ning Bai , James M. Stone

Our attention focuses on the stochastic dynamo equation with non-normal operator that give an insight into the role of stochastics and non-normality in the galactic magnetic field generation. The main point of this Letter is a discussion of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Sergei Fedotov

We analyse the role of a fluctuating alpha-effect in alpha-omega dynamo models, and show that there is a mechanism for magnetic field generation, valid at large scale separation, deriving from the interaction of mean shear and a fluctuating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Michael R. E. Proctor

The nonlinear mean-field dynamo due to a shear-current effect in a nonhelical homogeneous turbulence with a mean velocity shear is discussed. The transport of magnetic helicity as a dynamical nonlinearity is taken into account. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 I. Rogachevskii , N. Kleeorin , E. Liverts

The well known mean-field model of a turbulence driven dynamo is reviewed in relation to Laboratory experiments in which a turbulent cascade is created by a pair of large rotors. It is argued that in such experiments the alpha-effect,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2012-10-16 J B Taylor

Dynamos in the Sun and other bodies tend to produce magnetic fields that possess magnetic helicity of opposite sign at large and small scales, respectively. The build-up of magnetic helicity at small scales provides an important saturation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-30 Piyali Chatterjee , Gustavo Guerrero , Axel Brandenburg

We consider stability of regimes of hydromagnetic thermal convection in a rotating horizontal layer with free electrically conducting boundaries, to perturbations involving large spatial and temporal scales. Equations governing the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. Zheligovsky

The small-scale magnetic helicity produced as a by-product of the large-scale dynamo is believed to play a major role in dynamo saturation. In a mean-field model the generation of small-scale magnetic helicity can be modelled by using the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-30 Piyali Chatterjee , Axel Brandenburg , Gustavo Guerrero

We present direct numerical simulations of dynamo action in a forced Roberts flow. The behavior of the dynamo is followed as the mechanical Reynolds number is increased, starting from the laminar case until a turbulent regime is reached.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-26 P. D. Mininni , D. C. Montgomery

We investigate magnetic field amplification in a turbulent velocity field with nonzero helicity, in the framework of the kinematic Kazantsev-Kraichnan model. We present the numerical solution of the model for the practically important case…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Leonid Malyshkin , Stanislav Boldyrev

This paper is a detailed report on a programme of simulations used to settle a long-standing issue in the dynamo theory and demonstrate that the fluctuation dynamo exists in the limit of large magnetic Reynolds number Rm>>1 and small…

Convectively driven dynamos with rotation generating magnetic fields on scales large compared with the scale of the turbulent eddies are being reviewed. It is argued that such fields can be understood as the result of an alpha effect.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-19 A. Brandenburg , P. J. Käpylä , M. J. Korpi