Kinematic alpha effect in isotropic turbulence simulations

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2007-11-23

arxiv.org/abs/0711.3789v1

Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc. 385, L15-L19 (2008)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1745-3933.2008.00423.x

Using numerical simulations at moderate magnetic Reynolds numbers up to 220 it is shown that in the kinematic regime, isotropic helical turbulence leads to an alpha effect and a turbulent diffusivity whose values are independent of the magnetic Reynolds number, $\Rm$, provided $\Rm$ exceeds unity. These turbulent coefficients are also consistent with expectations from the first order smoothing approximation. For small values of $\Rm$, alpha and turbulent diffusivity are proportional to $\Rm$. Over finite time intervals meaningful values of alpha and turbulent diffusivity can be obtained even when there is small-scale dynamo action that produces strong magnetic fluctuations. This suggests that small-scale dynamo-generated fields do not make a correlated contribution to the mean electromotive force.

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