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A turbulent dynamo in spherical geometry with an outer corona is simulated to study the sign of magnetic helicity in the outer parts. In agreement with earlier studies, the sign in the outer corona is found to be opposite to that inside the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-18 Axel Brandenburg , Mohira B. Ashurova , Sarah Jabbari

The role of the different helical components of the magnetic and velocity fields in the inverse spectral transfer of magnetic helicity is investigated through Fourier shell-to-shell transfer analysis. Both magnetic helicity and energetic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-07-07 Jean-Mathieu Teissier , Wolf-Christian Müller

The effects of the heliospheric current sheet (HCS) on the evolution of Alfv\'enic turbulence in the solar wind are studied using MHD simulations incorporating the expanding-box-model (EBM). The simulations show that near the HCS, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-06 Chen Shi , Marco Velli , Anna Tenerani , Victor Réville , Franco Rappazzo

Magnetic helicity is conserved under ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and quasi-conserved even under a resistive process. The standard definition for magnetic helicity cannot be applied directly to an open magnetic field in a volume,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-27 Kai E. Yang , Michael S. Wheatland , Stuart A. Gilchrist

We present the results of simulations of forced turbulence in a slab where the mean kinetic helicity has a maximum near the mid-plane, generating gradients of magnetic helicity of both large and small-scale fields. We also study systems…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-30 A. Hubbard , A. Brandenburg

Using a rotating flat layer heated from below as an example, we consider effects which lead to stabilizing an exponentially growing magnetic field in magnetostrophic convection in transition from the kinematic dynamo to the full non-linear…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-18 P. Hejda , M. Reshetnyak

Over the past few years there has been growing interest in helical magnetic field structures seen at the solar surface, in coronal mass ejections, as well as in the solar wind. Although there is a great deal of randomness in the data, on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Axel Brandenburg , Eric G. Blackman

To elucidate the cascade direction of the solar wind turbulence, we analyzed magnetic helicity density spectra from the Parker Solar Probe data across more than 500 heliocentric distances. For the first time, we confirmed a persistent…

By coupling a solar surface flux transport model with an extrapolation of the heliospheric field, we simulate the evolution of the Sun's open magnetic flux and the heliospheric current sheet (HCS) based on observational data of sunspot…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 J. Jiang , R. Cameron , D. Schmitt , M. Schuessler

We present direct numerical simulations of the equations of compressible magnetohydrodynamics in a wedge-shaped spherical shell, without shear, but with random helical forcing which has negative (positive) helicity in the northern…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Dhrubaditya Mitra , Reza Tavakol , Petri J. Käpylä , Axel Brandenburg

Selected topics in solar dynamo theory are being highlighted. The possible relevance of the near-surface shear layer is discussed. The role of turbulent downward pumping is mentioned in connection with earlier concerns that a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-09 Axel Brandenburg

The alpha effect is believed to play a key role in the generation of the solar magnetic field. A fundamental test for its significance in the solar dynamo is to look for magnetic helicity of opposite signs in the two hemispheres, and at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-08 A. Prabhu , A. Brandenburg , M. J. Käpylä , A. Lagg

{In order to understand the emergence of the active region, we investigate the emerging process and magnetic properties of a naked anti-Hale active region during the period between August 24 to 25, 2018.} {Using the data from Helioseismic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-11 Jincheng Wang , Xiaoli Yan , Defang Kong , Zhike Xue , Liheng Yang , Qiaoling Li , Yan Zhang , Hao Li

A new simulation set-up is proposed for studying mean field dynamo action. The model combines the computational advantages of local cartesian geometry with the ability to include a shear profile that resembles the sun's differential…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Axel Brandenburg , Christer Sandin

Field line helicity measures the net linking of magnetic flux with a single magnetic field line. It offers a finer topological description than the usual global magnetic helicity integral, while still being invariant in an ideal evolution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-16 A. R. Yeates , M. A. Berger

Potential field extrapolations are widely used as minimum-energy models for the Sun's coronal magnetic field. As the reference to which other magnetic fields are compared, they have -- by any reasonable definition -- no global (signed)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-12 A. R. Yeates

We present three-dimensional numerical simulations of a magnetic loop evolving in either a convectively stable or unstable rotating shell. The magnetic loop is introduced in the shell in such a way that it is buoyant only in a certain…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 L. Jouve , A. S. Brun , G. Aulanier

Local helioseismology has opened new frontiers in our quest for understanding of the internal dynamics and dynamo on the Sun. Local helioseismology reconstructs subsurface structures and flows by extracting coherent signals of acoustic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-20 Alexander G. Kosovichev , Junwei Zhao

The mean electromotive force (MEMF) in a rotating stratified magnetohydrodynamical turbulence is studied.Our study rests on the mean-field magnetohydrodynamics framework and $\tau$ approximation. We compute the effects of the large-scale…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-10 V. V. Pipin

An overview is given of the helicity of the velocity field (``kinetic'' helicity to distinguish it from the ``magnetic'' helicity used in magnetohydrodynamics, astrophysics, and solar physics; or simply \emph{helicity} in this Chapter) and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-03-14 Otto Chkhetiani , Michael Kurgansky