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A weak fluctuating magnetic field embedded into a turbulent conducting medium grows exponentially while its characteristic scale decays. In the ISM and protogalactic plasmas, the magnetic Pr is very large, so a broad spectrum of growing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Alexander Schekochihin , Steven Cowley , Jason Maron , Leonid Malyshkin

Magneto-convection simulations on meso-granule and granule scales near the solar surface are used to study small scale dynamo activity, the emergence and disappearance of magnetic flux tubes, and the formation and evolution of micropores.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Robert F. Stein , Aake Nordlund

Natural dynamos such as planets and stars generate global scale magnetic field despite the inferred presence of small scale turbulence. Such systems are known as large scale dynamos and are typically driven by convection and influenced by…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-02-24 Ming Yan , Michael A. Calkins

Using direct numerical simulations, we verify that "flow IV" of Roberts (1972) exhibits dynamo action dominated by horizontally averaged large-scale magnetic field. With the test-field method we compute the turbulent magnetic diffusivity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-09 Ebru Devlen , Axel Brandenburg , Dhrubaditya Mitra

The global electrostatic mode in pair-ion plasmas is discussed for cylindric geometry and for a radially inhomogeneous equilibrium density. In the case of a Gaussian radial density profile, exact analytical eigen solutions are found in…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Vranjes , S. Poedts

Strong solar flares occur in $\delta $-spots characterized by the opposite-polarity magnetic fluxes in a single penumbra. Sunspot formation via flux emergence from the convection zone to the photosphere can be strongly affected by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-28 Takafumi Kaneko , Hideyuki Hotta , Shin Toriumi , Kanya Kusano

We present a simplified model in which we suggest that two important galactic problems -the magnetic field configuration at large scales and the flat rotation curve- may be simultaneously explained. A highly convective disc produces a high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Battaner , H. Lesch , E. Florido

[Abridged] Bipolar magnetic regions are formed when loops of magnetic flux emerge at the solar photosphere. Our aim is to investigate the flux emergence process in a simulation of granular convection. In particular we aim to determine the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-09 Paul J Bushby , Vasilis Archontis

We employ a linear stability analysis and direct numerical simulations to study the characteristics of wall-modes in thermal convection in a rectangular box under strong and inclined magnetic fields. The walls of the convection cell are…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-09-06 Shashwat Bhattacharya , Thomas Boeck , Dmitry Krasnov , Jörg Schumacher

We report the results of a magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) simulation of a convective dynamo in a model solar convective envelope driven by the solar radiative diffusive heat flux. The convective dynamo produces a large-scale mean magnetic field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-18 Yuhong Fan , Fang Fang

(abidged) Context: Stellar convection zones are characterized by vigorous high-Reynolds number turbulence at low Prandtl numbers. Aims: We study the dynamo and differential rotation regimes at varying levels of viscous, thermal, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-22 P. J. Käpylä , M. J. Käpylä , N. Olspert , J. Warnecke , A. Brandenburg

Solar-type stars exhibit a rich variety of magnetic activity. Seeking to explore the convective origins of this activity, we have carried out a series of global 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations with the anelastic spherical harmonic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Nicholas J. Nelson , Benjamin P. Brown , A. Sacha Brun , Mark S. Miesch , Juri Toomre

We performed kinematic studies of the evolution of small-scale magnetic fields in the surface laters of M-dwarfs. We solved the induction equation for a prescribed velocity field, magnetic Reynolds number, and boundary conditions in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. B. F. Dorch , H. -G. Ludwig

We present axisymmetric simulations of the coupled convective and radiative regions in the Sun in order to investigate the angular momentum evolution of the radiative interior. Both hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic models were run. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 T. M. Rogers

Magnetic fields are usually observed in the quiet Sun as small-scale elements that cover the entire solar surface (the `salt and pepper' patterns in line-of-sight magnetograms). By using 3D radiative MHD numerical simulations we find that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 I. N. Kitiashvili , A. G. Kosovichev , N. N. Mansour , A. A. Wray

Understanding how cool stars produce magnetic fields within their interiors is crucial for predicting the impact of such fields, such as the activity cycle of the Sun. In this respect, studying fully convective stars enables us to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 JF Donati , T Forveille , AC Cameron , JR Barnes , X Delfosse , MM Jardine , JA Valenti

We study the evolution of QCD phase transition-generated magnetic fields in freely decaying MHD turbulence of the expanding Universe. We consider a magnetic field generation model that starts from basic non-perturbative QCD theory and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-18 Alexander G. Tevzadze , Leonard Kisslinger , Axel Brandenburg , Tina Kahniashvili

We present here the first results of a spectropolarimetric analysis of a small sample (about 20) of active stars ranging from spectral type M0 to M8, which are either fully-convective or possess a very small radiative core. This study aims…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 J. Morin , J. -F. Donati , X. Delfosse , T. Forveille , M. M. Jardine

We study the influence of fringing magnetic fields on turbulent thermal convection in a horizontally extended rectangular domain. The magnetic field is created in the gap between two semi-infinite planar magnetic poles, with the convection…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-05-04 Shashwat Bhattacharya , Thomas Boeck , Dmitry Krasnov , Jörg Schumacher

Magnetohydrodynamic simulations of fully convective, rotating spheres with volume heating near the center and cooling at the surface are presented. The dynamo-generated magnetic field saturates at equipartition field strength near the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. Dobler , M. Stix , A. Brandenburg