Magnetic helicity effects in astrophysical and laboratory dynamos

Details Magnetic helicity effects in astrophysical and laboratory dynamos Magnetic helicity effects in astrophysical and laboratory dynamos

2007-05-24

arxiv.org/abs/0705.3507v1

New J.Phys.9:305,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

25 pages, 16 figures, accepted by New Journal of Physics, special edition

Scientific paper

10.1088/1367-2630/9/8/305

Magnetic helicity effects are discussed in laboratory and astrophysical settings. First, dynamo action in Taylor-Green flows is discussed for different boundary conditions. However, because of the lack of scale separation with respect to the container, no large scale field is being produced and there is no resistively slow saturation phase as otherwise expected. Second, the build-up of a large scale field is demonstrated in a simulation where a localized magnetic eddy produces field on a larger scale if the eddy possesses a swirl. Such a set-up might be realizable experimentally through coils. Finally, new emerging issues regarding the connection between magnetic helicity and the solar dynamo are discussed. It is demonstrated that dynamos with a non-local (Babcock-Leighton type) alpha effect can also be catastrophically quenched, unless there are magnetic helicity fluxes.

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