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Alpha-effect in three-dimensional coherent vortex of conducting rotating liquid

Fluid Dynamics 2023-10-31 v2 Plasma Physics

Abstract

We study one-point statistics of spiral turbulent pulsations on the background of three-dimensional large-scale vortex in a rotating fluid. Assuming that the helical flow is created by a statistically axially symmetric random force with broken mirror symmetry, we analytically calculate velocity-vorticity mean including its magnitude and the anisotropy. For electrically conducting liquid, we examine the α\alpha-effect in the system. The found elements of α\alpha-matrix strongly depend on relation between Rossby Ro\mathrm{Ro} and magnetic Prandtl Prm\mathrm{Pr}_{\mathrm{m}} numbers in considered region Ro1\mathrm{Ro}\lesssim 1, Prm1\mathrm{Pr}_{\mathrm{m}} \lesssim 1. We establish criterion for the numbers when the α\alpha-effect leads to instability of large-scale magnetic field

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@article{arxiv.2212.04230,
  title  = {Alpha-effect in three-dimensional coherent vortex of conducting rotating liquid},
  author = {Leon L. Ogorodnikov and Sergey S. Vergeles},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.04230},
  year   = {2023}
}

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16 pages

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