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View SchemaApparent suppression of turbulent magnetic dynamo action by a dc magnetic field
| Authors | David C. Montgomery, W. H. Matthaeus, L. J. Milano, P. Dmitruk |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0202027 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0202027 |
| DOI | 10.1063/1.1462631 |
Abstract
Numerical studies of the effect of a dc magnetic field on dynamo action (development of magnetic fields with large spatial scales), due to helically-driven magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, are reported. The apparent effect of the dc magnetic field is to suppress the dynamo action, above a relatively low threshold. However, the possibility that the suppression results from an improper combination of rectangular triply spatially-periodic boundary conditions and a uniform dc magnetic field is addressed: heretofore a common and convenient computational convention in turbulence investigations. Physical reasons for the observed suppression are suggested. Other geometries and boundary conditions are offered for which the dynamo action is expected not to be suppressed by the presence of a dc magnetic field component.
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