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Magnetically Induced Rotating Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
Published on: March 3, 2017
Generation of magnetic fields by large-scale vortices in rotating convection
Céline Guervilly1, David W Hughes1, Chris A Jones1
1Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
We propose a self-consistent dynamo mechanism for the generation of large-scale magnetic fields in natural objects. Recent computational studies have described the formation of large-scale vortices in rotating turbulent convection. Here we demonstrate that for magnetic Reynolds numbers below the threshold for small-scale dynamo action, such turbulent flows can sustain large-scale magnetic fields, i.e., fields with a significant component on the scale of the system.
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