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Generation and diffusion of the magnetic field on the Sun is a key mechanism responsible for solar activity on all spatial and temporal scales - from the solar cycle down to the evolution of small-scale magnetic elements in the quiet Sun.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-14 V. I. Abramenko , V. B. Yurchyshyn , P. R. Goode

We perform two high resolution direct numerical simulations of stratified turbulence for Reynolds number equal to Re~25000 and Froude number respectively of Fr~0.1 and Fr~0.03. The flows are forced at large scale and discretized on an…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-12-04 C. Rorai , P. D. Mininni , A. Pouquet

We investigate the Lagrangian mechanism of the kinematic ``fluctuation'' magnetic dynamo in turbulent plasma flow at small magnetic Prandtl numbers. The combined effect of turbulent advection and plasma resistivity is to carry infinitely…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Gregory L. Eyink , Antonio F. Neto

We consider the generation of magnetic activity --- dynamo waves --- in the astrophysical limit of very large magnetic Reynolds number. We consider kinematic dynamo action for a system consisting of helical flow and large-scale shear. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Fausto Cattaneo , Steven Tobias

A convection-driven multiscale dynamo model is developed in the limit of low Rossby number for the plane layer geometry in which the gravity and rotation vectors are aligned. The small-scale fluctuating dynamics are described by a…

Geophysics · Physics 2015-10-28 Michael A. Calkins , Keith Julien , Steven M. Tobias , Jonathan M. Aurnou

The turbulent dynamo is a powerful mechanism that converts turbulent kinetic energy to magnetic energy. A key question regarding the magnetic field amplification by turbulence, is, on what scale, $k_{\rm p}$, do magnetic fields become most…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-08 Neco Kriel , James R. Beattie , Amit Seta , Christoph Federrath

We study a new type of large-scale instability, which arises in obliquely rotating stratified electroconductive fluid with an external uniform magnetic field and a small-scale external force having zero helicity. This force gives rise to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-07-06 M. I. Kopp , K. N. Kulik , A. V. Tur , V. V. Yanovsky

The dynamics of stably stratified stellar radiative zones is of considerable interest due to the availability of increasingly detailed observations of Solar and stellar interiors. This article reports the first non-axisymmetric and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-05-13 Radostin D. Simitev , Friedrich H. Busse

At kinetic scales in the solar wind, instabilities transfer energy from particles to fluctuations in the electromagnetic fields while restoring plasma conditions towards thermodynamic equilibrium. We investigate the interplay between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-05 Simon Opie , Daniel Verscharen , Christopher H. K. Chen , Christopher J. Owen , Philip A. Isenberg

Several recent studies have demonstrated how large-scale vortices may arise spontaneously in rotating planar convection. Here we examine the dynamo properties of such flows in rotating Boussinesq convection. For moderate values of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-03-01 Céline Guervilly , David W. Hughes , Chris A. Jones

Generation of magnetic field energy, without mean field generation, is studied. Isotropic mirror-symmetric turbulence of a conducting fluid amplifies the energy of small-scale magnetic perturbations if the magnetic Reynolds number is high,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Gruzinov , S. Cowley , R. Sudan

The dynamics of small-scale structures in free-surface turbulence is crucial to large-scale phenomena in natural and industrial environments. Here we conduct experiments on the quasi-flat free surface of a zero-mean-flow turbulent water…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-03-14 Yinghe Qi , Yaxing Li , Filippo Coletti

We present the first demonstration of the negative effective magnetic pressure instability in direct numerical simulations of stably stratified, externally forced, isothermal hydromagnetic turbulence in the regime of large plasma beta. By…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-05 Axel Brandenburg , Koen Kemel , Nathan Kleeorin , Dhrubaditya Mitra , Igor Rogachevskii

We numerically investigate the efficiency of a spherical Couette flow at generating a self-sustained magnetic field. No dynamo action occurs for axisymmetric flow while we always found a dynamo when non-axisymmetric hydrodynamical…

Geophysics · Physics 2020-07-17 Céline Guervilly , Philippe Cardin

By following the Kazantsev theory and taking into account both microscopic and turbulent diffusion of magnetic fields, we develop a unified treatment of the kinematic and nonlinear stages of turbulent dynamo, and study the dynamo process…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-28 Siyao Xu , A. Lazarian

We discuss the possibility that astrophysical accretion disks are dynamically unstable to non-axisymmetric disturbances with characteristic scales much smaller than the vertical scale height. The instability is studied using three methods:…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Dubrulle , L. Marié , Ch. Normand , D. Richard , F. Hersant , J. -P. Zahn

We reveal a nonlinear magnetic dynamo in a Taylor-Couette flow at small magnetic Prandtl numbers $Pm\leq 1$, which has been previously believed to exist only at higher $Pm\gtrsim 10$ in this flow. The amplitude of initial perturbations,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-08-26 A. Mishra , G. Mamatsashvili , F. Stefani

Young protoplanetary discs and the outer radii of active galactic nucleii may be subject to gravitational instability and, as a consequence, fall into a `gravitoturbulent' state. While in this state, appreciable angular momentum can be…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 A. Riols , H. Latter , S-J. Paardekooper

Dynamo action owing to helically forced turbulence and large-scale shear is studied using direct numerical simulations. The resulting magnetic field displays propagating wave-like behavior. This behavior can be modelled in terms of an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 P. J. Käpylä , A. Brandenburg

Convection is one of the most important mixing processes in stellar interiors. Hydrodynamic mass entrainment can bring fresh fuel from neighboring stable layers into a convection zone, modifying the structure and evolution of the star.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-29 G. Leidi , R. Andrassy , J. Higl , P. V. F. Edelmann , F. K. Röpke