Sood, A, Hollerbach, R and Kim, E (2016) Suppression of a laminar kinematic dynamo by a prescribed large-scale shear. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 49 (42). 425501. ISSN 1751-8113
Abstract
We numerically solve the magnetic induction equation in a spherical shell geometry, with a kinematically prescribed axisymmetric flow that consists of a superposition of a small-scale helical flow and a large-scale shear flow. The small-scale flow is chosen to be a local analog of the classical Roberts cells, consisting of strongly helical vortex rolls. The large-scale flow is a shearing motion in either the radial or the latitudinal directions. In the absence of large-scale shear, the small-scale flow operates very effectively as a dynamo, in agreement with previous results. Adding increasingly large shear flows strongly suppresses the dynamo efficiency, indicating that shear is not always a favourable ingredient in dynamo action.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | dynamo; large-scale shear; small-scale flow; magnetic field; rotation rate; suppression; dynamo quenching |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mathematics (Leeds) > Applied Mathematics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 22 Sep 2016 14:20 |
Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2017 13:59 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/49/42/425501 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
Identification Number: | 10.1088/1751-8113/49/42/425501 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:105064 |