Small-scale-field dynamo

被引:30
作者
Gruzinov, A
Cowley, S
Sudan, R
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES,DEPT PHYS,LOS ANGELES,CA 90024
[2] CORNELL UNIV,PLASMA STUDIES LAB,ITHACA,NY 14853
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.4342
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Generation of magnetic field energy, without mean field generation, is studied. Isotropic mirror-symmetric turbulence of a conducting fluid amplifies the energy of small-scale magnetic perturbations if the magnetic Reynolds number is high, and the dimensionality of space d satisfies 2.103 < d < 8.765. The result does not depend on the model of turbulence, incompressibility, and isotropy being the only requirements.
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