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In the present paper, we study a new type of large-scale instability, which arises in obliquely rotating electroconductive fluids with a small-scale external force of zero helicity. This force excites small-scale velocity oscillations with…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-11-27 M. I. Kopp , A. V. Tur , V. V. Yanovsky

In this paper we discuss a dynamic flux-transport dynamo model that includes the feedback of the induced magnetic field on differential rotation and meridional flow. We consider two different approaches for the feedback: meanfield Lorentz…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Matthias Rempel

We present a new mechanism for generation of large-scale magnetic field by thermal convection which does not involve the alpha-effect. We consider weakly nonlinear perturbations of space-periodic steady convective magnetic dynamos in a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-12-01 Roman Chertovskih , Vladislav Zheligovsky

We use the TNG50 cosmological magnetohydrodynamical simulation of the IllustrisTNG project to show that magnetic fields in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) have significant angular structure. This azimuthal anisotropy at fixed distance is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-11 Rahul Ramesh , Dylan Nelson , Volker Heesen , Marcus Brüggen

We investigate numerically magnetic field generation by thermal convection with square periodicity cells in a rotating horizontal layer of electrically-conducting fluid with stress-free electrically perfectly conducting boundaries for…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2010-04-12 V. Zheligovsky

For cylindrical differentially rotating plasmas, we study large-scale magnetic field generation from finite amplitude non-axisymmetric perturbations by comparing numerical simulations with quasi-linear analytic theory. When initiated with a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-31 F. Ebrahimi , E. G. Blackman

The inefficiency of star formation in massive elliptical galaxies is widely believed to be caused by the interactions of an active galactic nucleus (AGN) with the surrounding gas. Achieving a sufficiently rapid reddening of moderately…

Identifying generic physical mechanisms responsible for the generation of magnetic fields and turbulence in differentially rotating flows is fundamental to understand the dynamics of astrophysical objects such as accretion disks and stars.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Rincon , G. I. Ogilvie , M. R. E. Proctor , C. Cossu

The exploration of mean-field galactic dynamos affected by a galactic spiral pattern, begun in Chamandy et al. (2013, hereafter Paper I) with numerical simulations, is continued here with an asymptotic solution. The mean-field dynamo model…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Luke Chamandy , Kandaswamy Subramanian , Anvar Shukurov

The theory of large scale dynamos is reviewed with particular emphasis on the magnetic helicity constraint in the presence of closed and open boundaries. In the presence of closed or periodic boundaries, helical dynamos respond to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Brandenburg , W. Dobler , K. Subramanian

We consider the magnetic helicity balance for the galactic dynamo in the framework of the local dynamo problem, as well as in the no-z model (which includes explicitly the radial distribution of the magnetic fields). When calculating the…

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

Astrophysical objects with negligible resistivity are often threaded by large scale magnetic fields. The generation of these fields is somewhat mysterious, since a magnetic field in a perfectly conducting fluid cannot change the flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. T. Vishniac , A. Lazarian , J. Cho

We investigate the interaction of a fluctuating alpha-effect with large-scale shear in a simple nonlinear 1-dimensional dynamo wave model. We firstly extend the calculations of Proctor (2007, MNRAS, 41, L39-L42) to include spatial variation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 K. J. Richardson , M. R. E. Proctor

Numerical simulations of forced turbulence in elongated shearing boxes are carried out to demonstrate that a nonhelical turbulence in conjunction with a linear shear can give rise to a mean-field dynamo. Exponential growth of magnetic field…

Magnetic fields are critical at many scales to galactic dynamics and structure, including multiphase pressure balance, dust processing, and star formation. Dynamo action determines their dynamical structure and strength. Simulations of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-17 Frederick A. Gent , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low , Maarit J. Korpi-Lagg , Touko Puro , Matthias Reinhardt

The role of shear in alleviating catastrophic quenching by shedding small-scale magnetic helicity through fluxes along contours of constant shear is discussed. The level of quenching of the dynamo effect depends on the quenched value of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-08-08 Axel Brandenburg

By performing a global magneto-hydrodynamical simulation for the Milky Way with an axisymmetric gravitational potential, we propose that spatially dependent amplification of magnetic fields possibly explains the observed noncircular motion…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-28 Takeru K. Suzuki , Yasuo Fukui , Kazufumi Torii , Mami Machida , Ryoji Matsumoto

The origin and evolution of magnetic fields in the Universe is still an open question. Their observations in galaxies suggest strong magnetic fields already at high redshift as well as at present time. However, neither primordial magnetic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-21 Michael Rieder , Romain Teyssier

Large-scale coherent magnetic fields observed in the nearby galaxies are thought to originate by a mean-field dynamo. This is governed via the turbulent electromotive force (EMF, $\overline{\mathcal{E}} $) generated by the helical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-18 Abhijit B. Bendre , Detlef Elstner , Oliver Gressel

Magnetic fields are widely observed in the Universe in virtually all astrophysical objects, from individual stars to entire galaxies, even in the intergalactic medium, but their specific generation has long been debated. Due to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-08 Michael Rieder , Romain Teyssier