Dynamo theory and liquid metal MHD experiments

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Jun 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994an....315..303l&link_type=abstract

Astronomische Nachrichten (ISSN 0004-6337), vol. 315, no. 4, p. 303-317

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Dynamo Theory, Ferromagnetic Materials, Liquid Sodium, Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence, Magnetohydrodynamics, Rotating Cylinders, Cylindrical Shells, Ferromagnetism, Magnetic Fields, Two Dimensional Flow

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High values of magnetic Reynolds number Rm are characteristic not only to astrophysics, but also to other interesting objects, including liquid metal (LM) flows. LM experiments have been performed illustrating important predictions of the dynamo theory, for example, about the existence and features of the alpha effect. Consideration of so called 'laminar' dynamos provides a theoretical base for direct experimental realization and examination of the dynamo process. First step results, gathered a subcritical conditions, confirm the statement that self-excitation in LM experiments can be achieved practically today. In such devices as LM (sodium) cooled fast breeders Rm can reach values of up to 50 and specific MHD phenomena have been observed in operating fast reactors. Cautions against crisis like processes have been expressed. It is important for the dynamo theory to understand what kind of perturbed motion is able to coexist with the generated magnetic field. Fundamentally new ideas here are issuing from the theory of 2D MHD turbulence. LM MHD served for the first direct proves, confirming, that the predicted surprising features of 2D turbulence can be observed in reality. It is worth incorporating these already not new ideas in the dynamo theory. In such a way a field for new solutions could be established.

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