Cylindrical anisotropicα2dynamos

DOI10.1080/03091920701561915zbMATH Open1505.86014arXiv0905.1559OpenAlexW2018121804WikidataQ61954401 ScholiaQ61954401MaRDI QIDQ5060765FDOQ5060765

Authors: Raúl Avalos-Zuñiga, Mingtian Xu, Frank Stefani, Gunter Gerbeth, Franck Plunian 

Publication date: 11 January 2023

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

Abstract: We explore the influence of geometry variations on the structure and the time-dependence of the magnetic field that is induced by kinematic $alph{a}^2$ dynamos in a finite cylinder. The dynamo action is due to an anisotropic $alpha$ effect which can be derived from an underlying columnar flow. The investigated geometry variations concern, in particular, the aspect ratio of height to radius of the cylinder, and the thickness of the annular space to which the columnar flow is restricted. Motivated by the quest for laboratory dynamos which exhibit Earth-like features, we start with modifications of the Karlsruhe dynamo facility. Its dynamo action is reasonably described by an $alph{a}^2$ mechanism with anisotropic $alpha$ tensor. We find a critical aspect ratio below which the dominant magnetic field structure changes from an equatorial dipole to an axial dipole. Similar results are found for $alph{a}^2$ dynamos working in an annular space when a radial dependence of $alpha$ is assumed. Finally, we study the effect of varying aspect ratios of dynamos with an $alpha$ tensor depending both on radial and axial coordinates. In this case only dominant equatorial dipoles are found and most of the solutions are oscillatory, contrary to all previous cases where the resulting fields are steady.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.1559

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zbMATH Keywords

dynamomagnetic field orientation\(\alpha\) effect

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geo-electricity and geomagnetism (86A25) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Stability and instability of magnetohydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic flows (76E25) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

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