Dissipative structures in a nonlinear dynamo

Details Dissipative structures in a nonlinear dynamo Dissipative structures in a nonlinear dynamo

2010-05-28

arxiv.org/abs/1005.5259v2

Nonlinear Sciences

Chaotic Dynamics

5 figures, 30 p. Accepted in GAFD. Minor revisions in version 2

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This paper considers magnetic field generation by a fluid flow in a system referred to as the Archontis dynamo: a steady nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) state is driven by a prescribed body force. The field and flow become almost equal and dissipation is concentrated in cigar-like structures centred on straight-line separatrices. Numerical scaling laws for energy and dissipation are given that extend previous calculations to smaller diffusivities. The symmetries of the dynamo are set out, together with their implications for the structure of field and flow along the separatrices. The scaling of the cigar-like dissipative regions, as the square root of the diffusivities, is explained by approximations near the separatrices. Rigorous results on the existence and smoothness of solutions to the steady, forced MHD equations are given.

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