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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 review our current understanding of galactic dynamo theory, paying particular attention to numerical simulations both of the mean-field equations and the original three-dimensional equations relevant to describing the magnetic field…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-12-12 Axel Brandenburg

We report first results of first global galactic-scale CR-MHD simulations of cosmic-ray-driven dynamo. We investigate the dynamics of magnetized interstellar medium (ISM), which is dynamically coupled with the cosmic-ray (CR) gas. We assume…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-11-05 Michał Hanasz , Dominik Wóltański , Kacper Kowalik

Main-sequence intermediate-mass stars present a radiative envelope that supports internal gravity waves (IGWs). Excited at the boundary with the convective core, IGWs propagate towards the stellar surface and are suspected to impact…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-26 A. Le Saux , I. Baraffe , T. Guillet , D. G. Vlaykov , A. Morison , J. Pratt , T. Constantino , T. Goffrey

Context. Red-giant stars may engulf planets. This may increase the rotation rate of their convective envelope, which could lead to strong dynamo-triggered magnetic fields. Aims. We explore the possibility of generating magnetic fields in…

We examine the MHD instabilities arising in the radiation zone of a differentially rotating star, in which a poloidal field of fossil origin is sheared into a toroidal field. We focus on the non-axisymmetric instability that affects the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. -P. Zahn , A. S. Brun , S. Mathis

In their early stages, protoplanetary discs are sufficiently massive to undergo gravitational instability (GI). This instability is thought to be involved in mass accretion, planet formation via gas fragmentation, the generation of spiral…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-30 A. Riols , W. Xu , G. Lesur , M. W. Kunz , H. Latter

The evolution of large-scale magnetic fields in disk galaxies is investigated numerically. The gasdynamical simulations in a disk perturbed by spiral or bar potential are incorporated into the kinematic calculations of induction equations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Otmianowska-Mazur , M. Chiba

We present three-dimensional global numerical simulations of the cosmic-ray (CR) driven dynamo in barred galaxies. We study the evolution of the interstellar medium of the barred galaxy in the presence of non-axisymmetric component of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-06-02 K. Kulpa-Dybeł , K. Otmianowska-Mazur , B. Kulesza-Żydzik , G. Kowal , M. Hanasz , D. Wóltański , K. Kowalik

The turbulent dynamo effect, which describes the generation of magnetic fields in astrophysical objects, is described by the dynamo equation. This, in the kinematic (linear) approximation gives an unbounded exponential growth of the long…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Abhik Basu

Internal Gravity Waves (IGWs) are thought to cause mixing in stellar interiors, a process that has been widely studied both theoretically and numerically. Our aim is to determine the physical mechanism responsible for the wave-induced…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-24 A. Varghese , R. P. Ratnasingam , L. Ramírez-Galeano , S. Mathis , T. M. Rogers

We develop a model based on 3D mean-field MHD for the generation of large scale magnetic fields in fully convective objects like low-mass stars, brown dwarfs and possibly gaseous planets. The dynamo process is of alpha^2 type and thus…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Gilles Chabrier , Manfred Kueker

The emergence of large-scale magnetic fields observed in the diffuse interstellar medium is explained by a turbulent dynamo. The underlying transport coefficients have previously been extracted from numerical simulations. So far, this was…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 Oliver Gressel , Abhijit Bendre , Detlef Elstner

Magnetic fields are an important ingredient of the interstellar medium (ISM). Besides their importance for star formation, they govern the transport of cosmic rays, relevant to the launch and regulation of galactic outflows and winds, which…

We perform three-dimensional numerical simulations of stellar winds of early-M dwarf stars. Our simulations incorporate observationally reconstructed large-scale surface magnetic maps, suggesting that the complexity of the magnetic field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 A. A. Vidotto , M. Jardine , J. Morin , J. F. Donati , M. Opher , T. I. Gombosi

Many spiral galaxies host magnetic fields with energy densities comparable to those of the turbulent and thermal motions of their interstellar gas. However, quantitative comparison between magnetic field properties inferred from observation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-05 Rion Glenn Nazareth , Gayathri Santhosh , Luke Chamandy

The magnetic field of galaxies is believed to be produced by internal dynamo action, but can be affected by motion of the galaxy through the surrounding medium. Observations of polarized radio emission of galaxies located in galaxy clusters…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 D. Moss , D. Sokoloff , R. Beck

Recent observations of volume-limited samples of magnetic white dwarfs (WD) have revealed a higher incidence of magnetism in older WDs. Specifically, these studies indicate that magnetism is more prevalent in WDs with fully or partially…

The surface magnetic field strength of white dwarfs is observed to vary from very little to around 10^9 G. Here we examine the proposal that the strongest fields are generated by dynamo action during the common envelope phase of strongly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-12 Adrian T. Potter , Christopher A. Tout

While the presence of magnetic fields on low-mass stars is attributed to a dynamo process essentially driven by convective motions, the existence of magnetic fields on intermediate-mass stars has very likely other reasons. Presuming that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-30 Rainer Arlt