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arXiv 1002.2750astro-ph.SRphysics.flu-dynphysics.plasm-ph
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太阳表面模拟中的湍流小尺度发电机action

Turbulent small-scale dynamo action in solar surface simulations

Jonathan Pietarila Graham, Robert Cameron, Manfred Schuessler

摘要:

我们证明了磁对流模拟纳入基本的物理过程,太阳表面对流表现出湍流小尺度发电机的行动。通过推导可压缩磁流体动力学(MHD)的能量平衡方程和传递函数,我们量化的磁能的来源上的规模按规模的基础上。我们排除了两种替代机制的产生小尺度磁场的模拟:纠缠的磁场线与湍流级联和阿尔芬化的小尺度速度波动(“湍流感应”)。相反,我们发现小尺度磁能的主要来源是小尺度磁场线的惯性范围流体运动对抗磁张力产生(对抗欧姆耗散)更小尺度的磁场。所涉及的尺度随着雷诺数的增加而变小,这表明发电机是一个小尺度湍流发电机。

英文摘要:

We demonstrate that a magneto-convection simulation incorporating essential physical processes governing solar surface convection exhibits turbulent small-scale dynamo action. By presenting a derivation of the energy balance equation and transfer functions for compressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), we quantify the source of magnetic energy on a scale-by-scale basis. We rule out the two alternative mechanisms for the generation of small-scale magnetic field in the simulations: the tangling of magnetic field lines associated with the turbulent cascade and Alfvenization of small-scale velocity fluctuations ("turbulent induction"). Instead, we find the dominant source of small-scale magnetic energy is stretching by inertial-range fluid motions of small-scale magnetic field lines against the magnetic tension force to produce (against Ohmic dissipation) more small-scale magnetic field. The scales involved become smaller with increasing Reynolds number, which identifies the dynamo as a small-scale turbulent dynamo.

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