Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-04-19
Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc. 398, 1891-1899 (2009)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
10 pages, 8 figures, published version
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15108.x
Estimates for the nonlinear alpha effect in helical turbulence with an applied magnetic field are presented using two different approaches: the imposed-field method where the electromotive force owing to the applied field is used, and the test-field method where separate evolution equations are solved for a set of different test fields. Both approaches agree for stronger fields, but there are apparent discrepancies for weaker fields that can be explained by the influence of dynamo-generated magnetic fields on the scale of the domain that are referred to as meso-scale magnetic fields. Examples are discussed where these meso-scale fields can lead to both drastically overestimated and underestimated values of alpha compared with the kinematic case. It is demonstrated that the kinematic value can be recovered by resetting the fluctuating magnetic field to zero in regular time intervals. It is concluded that this is the preferred technique both for the imposed-field and the test-field methods.
Brandenburg Axel
Hubbard Alexander
Käpylä Petri J.
Sordo Fabio Del
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