A Taylor-Couette dynamo

DOI10.1051/0004-6361:20021007MaRDI QIDQ4707261zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Ashley P. Willis, C. F. Barenghi

Publication date 8 July 2003

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0207566

zbMATH Keywords

kinematic dynamo problemself-consistent nonlinearly saturated dynamoTaylor-Couette dynamo

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

Abstract: Recent experiments have shown that it is possible to study a fundamental astrophysical process such as dynamo action in controlled laboratory conditions using simple MHD flows. In this paper we explore the possibility that Taylor-Couette flow, already proposed as a model of the magneto-rotational instability of accretion discs, can sustain generation of magnetic field. Firstly, by solving the kinematic dynamo problem, we identify the region of parameter space where the magnetic field's growth rate is higher. Secondly, by solving simultaneously the coupled nonlinear equations which govern velocity field and magnetic field, we find a self-consistent nonlinearly saturated dynamo.

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