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旋转球壳中对流驱动发电机的普朗特数依赖性

Prandtl number dependence of convection driven dynamos in rotating spherical fluid shells

R. D. Simitev, F. H. Busse

摘要:

普朗特数$P$的值对充满导电流体的旋转球壳中的对流驱动发电机产生强烈的影响。低普朗特数通过由差动旋转提供的剪切促进发电机作用,而磁场的产生在高普朗特数流体中更难以维持,其中需要更高的磁性普朗特数$P_m$值。发电机理论中经常使用的磁旋近似似乎只对相对较高的$P$和$P_m$值有效。具有最小值$P_m$的发电机似乎在对流柱存在下在$P$的适度低值下最容易实现。磁场的结构随着$P$的变化而变化,在$P$的高值时,发现具有强轴向偶极场的发电机,而在$P$的低值时,该分量的能量被轴对称环向场的能量和非轴对称分量的能量超过。本文讨论了由导电液核运动产生行星磁场的问题。

英文摘要:

The value of the Prandtl number $P$ exerts a strong influence on convection-driven dynamos in rotating spherical shells filled with electrically conducting fluids. Low Prandtl numbers promote dynamo action through the shear provided by differential rotation, while the generation of magnetic fields is more difficult to sustain in high-Prandtl-number fluids where higher values of the magnetic Prandtl number $P_m$ are required. The magnetostrophic approximation often used in dynamo theory appears to be valid only for relatively high values of $P$ and $P_m$. Dynamos with a minimum value of $P_m$ seem to be most readily realizable in the presence of convection columns at moderately low values of $P$. The structure of the magnetic field varies strongly with $P$ in that dynamos with a strong axial dipole field are found for high values of $P$ while the energy of this component is exceeded by that of the axisymmetric toroidal field and by that of the non-axisymmetric components at low values of $P$. Some conclusions are discussed in relation to the problem of the generation of planetary magnetic fields by motions in their electrically conducting liquid cores.

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