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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 ...
Quasi-periodic oscillations and the global modes of relativistic, MHD accretion discs
The high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (HFQPOs) that punctuate the light curves of X-ray binary systems present a window onto the intrinsic properties of stellar-mass black holes and hence a testbed for general ...
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 ...
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 ...