Affiliation:
1. MHD & Turbulence Section Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam Potsdam Germany
2. Niels Bohr International Academy The Niels Bohr Institute Copenhagen Ø Denmark
3. Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam Potsdam Germany
Abstract
AbstractA mean‐field theory of the electrodynamics of a turbulent fluid is formulated under the assumption that the molecular electric conductivity is correlated with the turbulent velocity fluctuation in the (radial) direction, . It is shown that for such homogeneous fluids a strong turbulence‐induced field advection anti‐parallel to arises almost independently of rotation. For rotating fluids, an extra effect appears with the known symmetries and with the expected maximum at the poles. Fast rotation, however, with Coriolis number exceeding unity suppresses this term. Numerical simulations of forced turbulence using the nirvana code demonstrate that the radial advection velocity, , always dominates the term. We show finally with simplified models that dynamos are strongly influenced by the radial pumping: for the solutions become oscillatory, while for they become highly exotic if they exist at all. In conclusion, dynamo models for slow and fast solid‐body rotation on the basis of finite conductivity–velocity correlations are unlikely to work, at least for dynamos without strong shear.
Subject
Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics
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