Dipole-Quadrupole dynamics during magnetic field reversals

Details Dipole-Quadrupole dynamics during magnetic field reversals Dipole-Quadrupole dynamics during magnetic field reversals

2010-10-22

arxiv.org/abs/1010.4771v1

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

5 pages, 5 figures, accepted in Phys. Rev. E

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The shape and the dynamics of reversals of the magnetic field in a turbulent dynamo experiment are investigated. We report the evolution of the dipolar and the quadrupolar parts of the magnetic field in the VKS experiment, and show that the experimental results are in good agreement with the predictions of a recent model of reversals: when the dipole reverses, part of the magnetic energy is transferred to the quadrupole, reversals begin with a slow decay of the dipole and are followed by a fast recovery, together with an overshoot of the dipole. Random reversals are observed at the borderline between stationary and oscillatory dynamos.

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