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arXiv 1306.2495astro-ph.GAphysics.flu-dynphysics.plasm-ph
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线性剪切流中由于$α$波动引起的大型发电机action

Large-scale dynamo action due to $α$ fluctuations in a linear shear flow

S. Sridhar, Nishant K. Singh

摘要:

我们提出了一个模型的大规模发电机行动的剪切流,具有随机,零均值波动的$α$参数。这是基于Kraichnan-Moffatt模型的最小扩展,以包括背景线性剪切和伽利略不变的$α$统计。利用一阶光滑近似,我们导出了一个大尺度磁场的线性积分-微分方程,该方程在剪切速率$S\,$和$α$ -关联时间$τ_α\,$中是无微扰的。白噪声的情况下,$τ_α= 0\,$,准确地解决了,它的结论是发电机作用的必要条件是相同的Kraichnan-Moffatt模型没有剪切;这是因为白噪声不允许记忆效应,而剪切需要时间来行动。为了探索记忆效应,我们减少了积分微分方程的偏微分方程,有效的缓慢变化的领域时,$τ_α$是小的,但非零。寻求指数模式的解决方案,我们解决了模式的色散关系,并获得一个明确的表达式的增长率作为一个函数的六个独立的参数的问题。非零的$τ_α$会产生新的物理尺度,发电机的作用与白噪声的情况完全不同;例如,即使是微弱的$α$波动也会产生发电机。我们认为,在任何波数,莫法特漂移和剪切总是有助于增加增长率。两个例子:(a)莫法特漂移发电机在没有剪切;(b)剪切发电机在没有莫法特漂移。

英文摘要:

We present a model of large-scale dynamo action in a shear flow that has stochastic, zero-mean fluctuations of the $α$ parameter. This is based on a minimal extension of the Kraichnan-Moffatt model, to include a background linear shear and Galilean-invariant $α$-statistics. Using the first order smoothing approximation we derive a linear integro-differential equation for the large-scale magnetic field, which is non perturbative in the shearing rate $S\,$, and the $α$-correlation time $τ_α\,$. The white-noise case, $τ_α= 0\,$, is solved exactly, and it is concluded that the necessary condition for dynamo action is identical to the Kraichnan-Moffatt model without shear; this is because white-noise does not allow for memory effects, whereas shear needs time to act. To explore memory effects we reduce the integro-differential equation to a partial differential equation, valid for slowly varying fields when $τ_α$ is small but non zero. Seeking exponential modal solutions, we solve the modal dispersion relation and obtain an explicit expression for the growth rate as a function of the six independent parameters of the problem. A non zero $τ_α$ gives rise to new physical scales, and dynamo action is completely different from the white-noise case; e.g. even weak $α$ fluctuations can give rise to a dynamo. We argue that, at any wavenumber, both Moffatt drift and Shear always contribute to increasing the growth rate. Two examples are presented: (a) a Moffatt drift dynamo in the absence of shear; (b) a Shear dynamo in the absence of Moffatt drift.

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