Bibcode
Dorch, S. B. F.; Archontis, V.
Bibliographical reference
Solar Physics, Volume 224, Issue 1-2, pp. 171-178
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10
2004
Journal
Citations
14
Refereed citations
13
Description
In the context of astrophysical dynamos we illustrate that the
no-cosines flow, with zero mean helicity, can drive fast dynamo action
and we study the dynamo’s mode of operation during both the linear
and non-linear saturation regimes. It turns out that in addition to a
high growth rate in the linear regime, the dynamo saturates at a level
significantly higher than normal turbulent dynamos, namely at exact
equipartition when the magnetic Prandtl number Prm˜ 1.
Visualization of the magnetic and velocity fields at saturation will
help us to understand some of the aspects of the non-linear dynamo
problem.