Dynamo quenching due to shear flow

dc.creatorLeprovost, Nicolas
dc.creatorKim, Eun-Jin
dc.date2007-10-22
dc.date2008-02-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:43:51Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:43:51Z
dc.descriptionWe provide a theory of dynamo ($α$ effect) and momentum transport in three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics. For the first time, we show that the $α$ effect is severely reduced by the shear even in the absence of magnetic field. The $α$ effect is further suppressed by magnetic fields well below equipartition (with the large-scale flow) with different scalings depending on the relative strength of shear and magnetic field. The turbulent viscosity is also found to be significantly reduced by shear and magnetic fields, with positive value. These results suggest a crucial effect of shear and magnetic field on dynamo quenching and momentum transport reduction, with important implications for laboratory and astrophysical plasmas, in particular for the dynamics of the Sun.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4005
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4005
dc.identifierPhysical Review Letters 100 (2008) 144502
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.144502
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/162667
dc.subjectFluid Dynamics
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleDynamo quenching due to shear flow
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