Non-local effects in the mean-field disc dynamo. II Numerical and asymptotic solutions

DOI10.1080/03091920410001700797MaRDI QIDQ3080174zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ashley P. Willis, Andrew M. Soward, A. Shukurov, D. Sokoloff

Publication date 5 March 2011

Published in Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0309667

zbMATH Keywords

boundary conditionsaccretion discsgalactic magnetic fieldsmean-field dynamosthin-disc asymptotics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

Abstract: The thin-disc global asymptotics are discussed for axisymmetric mean-field dynamos with vacuum boundary conditions allowing for non-local terms arising from a finite radial component of the mean magnetic field at the disc surface. This leads to an integro-differential operator in the equation for the radial distribution of the mean magnetic field strength, $Q(r)$ in the disc plane at a distance $r$ from its centre; an asymptotic form of its solution at large distances from the dynamo active region is obtained. Numerical solutions of the integro-differential equation confirm that the non-local effects act similarly to an enhanced magnetic diffusion. This leads to a wider radial distribution of the eigensolution and faster propagation of magnetic fronts, compared to solutions with the radial surface field neglected. Another result of non-local effects is a slowly decaying algebraic tail of the eigenfunctions outside the dynamo active region, $Q(r)sim{r}^{-4}$, which is shown to persist in nonlinear solutions where $alpha$-quenching is included. The non-local nature of the solutions can affect the radial profile of the regular magnetic field in spiral galaxies and accretion discs at large distances from the centre.

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