Parametric instability of the helical dynamo

DOI10.1063/1.2734118zbMATH Open1146.76502arXivphysics/0703216OpenAlexW3102313639MaRDI QIDQ3532070FDOQ3532070

Authors: Marine Peyrot, Franck Plunian, Christiane Normand 

Publication date: 3 November 2008

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the dynamo threshold of a helical flow made of a mean (stationary) plus a fluctuating part. Two flow geometries are studied, either (i) solid body or (ii) smooth. Two well-known resonant dynamo conditions, elaborated for stationary helical flows in the limit of large magnetic Reynolds numbers, are tested against lower magnetic Reynolds numbers and for fluctuating flows (zero mean). For a flow made of a mean plus a fluctuating part the dynamo threshold depends on the frequency and the strength of the fluctuation. The resonant dynamo conditions applied on the fluctuating (resp. mean) part seems to be a good diagnostic to predict the existence of a dynamo threshold when the fluctuation level is high (resp. low).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0703216

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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