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A general type of mathematical argument is described, which applies to all the cases in which dynamo maintenance of a steady magnetic field by motion in a uniform density is known to be impossible. Previous work has demonstrated that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Mangalam

We consider the problem of incompressible, forced, nonhelical, homogeneous and isotropic MHD turbulence with no mean magnetic field and large magnetic Prandtl number. This type of MHD turbulence is the end state of the turbulent dynamo,…

Small-scale dynamos (SSDs) amplify magnetic fields in turbulent plasmas. Theory predicts nonlinear magnetic energy growth $E_\mathrm{mag} \propto t^{p_\mathrm{nl}}$, but this scaling has not been tested across flow regimes. Using a large…

The question of whether a dynamo can be triggered by gravitational collapse is of great interest, especially for the early Universe. Here, we employ supercomoving coordinates to study the magnetic field amplification from decaying…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-11 Axel Brandenburg , Evangelia Ntormousi

In this paper, we investigate the time evolution an accreting magneto-fluid with finite conductivity. For the case of a thin disk, the fluid equations along with Maxwell equations are derived in a simplified, one-dimensional model that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-12 F. Habibi , R. Pazhouhesh , M. Shaghaghian

This is a brief review of the main results of our recent studies of the nonlinear evolution of the small-scale MHD dynamo in the high-Prandtl-number regime and of the structure of the resulting saturated state of the isotropic homogeneous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. A. Schekochihin , S. C. Cowley , G. W. Hammett , J. L. Maron , J. C. McWilliams

We analyze the effects of the background velocity and the initial magnetic field correlations, and viscosities on the turbulent dynamo and the \alpha-effect. We calculate the \alpha-coefficients for arbitrary magnetic and fluid viscosities,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Abhik Basu

Initial results from the Madison Dynamo Experiment provide details of the inductive response of a turbulent flow of liquid sodium to an applied magnetic field. The magnetic field structure is reconstructed from both internal and external…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. D. Nornberg , E. J. Spence , R. D. Kendrick , C. M. Jacobson , C. B. Forest

We formulate a solvable model that describes generation and saturation of mean magnetic field in a dynamo with kinetic helicity, in the limit of large magnetic Prandtl number. This model is based on the assumption that the stochastic part…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Stanislav Boldyrev

We present an MHD shell model suitable for computation of various energy fluxes of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence for very small and very large magnetic Prandtl numbers $\mathrm{Pm}$; such computations are inaccessible to direct numerical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-09-21 Mahendra K. Verma , Rohit Kumar

We study mean field dynamo action in renovating flows with finite and non zero correlation time ($\tau$) in the presence of shear. Previous results obtained when shear was absent are generalized to the case with shear. The question of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 Sanved Kolekar , Kandaswamy Subramanian , S. Sridhar

The noncommutativity concept has wide range of applications in physical and mathematical theories. Noncommutativity in the position-time coordinates concerns the microscale structure of space-time. the noncommutativity is an intrinsic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-10-24 Behrooz Malekolkalami , Taimur Mohammadi

Context: Convectively-driven flows play a crucial role in the dynamo processes that are responsible for producing magnetic activity in stars and planets. It is still not fully understood why many astrophysical magnetic fields have a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-09 P. J. Bushby , P. J. Käpylä , Y. Masada , A. Brandenburg , B. Favier , C. Guervilly , M. J. Käpylä

Fast magnetic reconnection is defined by the topology of the magnetic field lines changing on a timescale that is approximately an order of magnitude longer than the topology-conserving ideal-evolution timescale. Fast reconnection is an…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-05-18 Allen H Boozer

We perform fully kinetic simulations of flows known to produce dynamo in magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), considering scenarios with low Reynolds number and high magnetic Prandtl number, relevant for galaxy cluster scale fluctuation dynamos. We…

Magnetic fields in nearby, star-forming galaxies reveal both large-scale patterns and small-scale structures. A large-scale field reversal may exist in the Milky Way but no such reversals have been observed so far in external galaxies. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 David Moss , Rodion Stepanov , Tigran Arshakian , Rainer Beck , Marita Krause , Dmitri Sokoloff

We study the amplification of magnetic fields during the formation of primordial halos. The turbulence generated by gravitational infall motions during the formation of the first stars and galaxies can amplify magnetic fields very…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Jennifer Schober , Dominik Schleicher , Christoph Federrath , Simon Glover , Ralf Klessen , Robi Banerjee

In this manuscript using the asymptotic method of multiscale nonlinear theory we construct a nonlinear theory of the appearance of large-scale structures in the stratified conductive medium with the presence of small-scale oscillations of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-30 M. I. Kopp , A. V. Tur , V. V. Yanovsky

Rotational scaling relationships are examined for the degree of equipartition between magnetic and kinetic energies in stellar convection zones. These scaling relationships are approached from two paradigms, with first a glance at scaling…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-30 K. ~C. Augustson , A. ~S. Brun , J. Toomre

The kinematic dynamo problem is investigated for the flow of a conducting fluid in a cylindrical, periodic tube with conducting walls. The methods used are an eigenvalue analysis of the steady regime, and the three-dimensional solution of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Wolfgang Dobler , Peter Frick , Rodion Stepanov