Lagrangian chaos in an ABC--forced nonlinear dynamo

Details Lagrangian chaos in an ABC--forced nonlinear dynamo Lagrangian chaos in an ABC--forced nonlinear dynamo

2012-01-20

arxiv.org/abs/1201.4324v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

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The Lagrangian properties of the velocity field in a magnetized fluid are studied using three-dimensional simulations of a helical magnetohydrodynamic dynamo. We compute the attracting and repelling Lagrangian coherent structures, which are dynamic lines and surfaces in the velocity field that delineate particle transport in flows with chaotic streamlines and act as transport barriers. Two dynamo regimes are explored, one with a robust coherent mean magnetic field and one with intermittent bursts of magnetic energy. The Lagrangian coherent structures and the statistics of finite--time Lyapunov exponents indicate that the stirring/mixing properties of the velocity field decay as a linear function of the magnetic energy. The relevance of this study for the solar dynamo problem is discussed.

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