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Quasi-cyclic behaviour in non-linear simulations of the shear dynamo
(Oxford University PressMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2017-02-17)
The solar magnetic field displays features on a wide range of length-scales including spatial and temporal coherence on scales considerably larger than the chaotic convection that generates the field. Explaining how the ...
Destruction of large-scale magnetic field in nonlinear simulations of the shear dynamo
(Oxford University PressMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016-03-03)
The Sun's magnetic field exhibits coherence in space and time on much larger scales than the turbulent convection that ultimately powers the dynamo. In the past the α-effect (mean-field) concept has been used to model the ...
Energy requirement for a working dynamo
(Taylor & FrancisGeophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 2015-10-13)
There has for many years been interest in finding necessary conditions for dynamo action. These are usually expressed in terms of bounds on integrated properties of the flow. The bounds can clearly be improved when the ...
On the nature of the magnetic Rayleigh–Taylor instability in astrophysical plasma: the case of uniform magnetic field strength
(Oxford University PressMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016-07-28)
The magnetic Rayleigh–Taylor instability has been shown to play a key role in many astrophysical systems. The equation for the growth rate of this instability in the incompressible limit, and the most-unstable mode that ...