Can we look inside a dynamo?

DOI10.1002/1521-3994(200011)321:4%3C235::AID-ASNA235%3E3.0.CO;2-9zbMATH Open0993.76093arXivastro-ph/0010090OpenAlexW3099893904MaRDI QIDQ4762973FDOQ4762973

Authors: Frank Stefani, Gunter Gerbeth 

Publication date: 29 September 2002

Abstract: For a simple spherically symmetric mean-field dynamo model we investigate the possibility of determining the radial dependence of the coefficient $alpha$. Growth rates for different magnetic field modes are assumed to be known by measurement. An evolutionary strategy (ES) is used for the solution of the inverse problem. Numerically, we find quite different $alpha$-profiles giving nearly the same eigenvalues. The ES is also applied to find functions $alpha(r)$ yielding zero growth rates for the lowest four magnetic field modes. Additionally, a slight modification of the ES is utilized for an energetic optimization of $alph{a}^2$-dynamos. The consequences of our findings for inverse dynamo theory and for the design of future dynamo experiments are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0010090

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zbMATH Keywords

eigenvaluesinverse problemevolutionary strategyenergetic optimizationspherically symmetric mean-field dynamo model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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