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Magnetic energy dissipation and mean magnetic field generation in planar convection-driven dynamos
1Institute of Geophysics, University of Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.
Abstract:
A numerical study of dynamos in rotating convecting plane layers is presented which focuses on magnetic energies and dissipation rates and the generation of mean fields (where the mean is taken over horizontal planes). The scaling of the magnetic energy with the flux Rayleigh number is different from the scaling proposed in spherical shells, whereas the same dependence of the magnetic dissipation length on the magnetic Reynolds number is found for the two geometries. Dynamos both with and without mean field exist in rapidly rotating convecting plane layers.
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