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Forced – decayingForced – decayingH
elic
al –
non
helic
alH
elic
al –
non
helic
al
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Points of the talkPoints of the talk
• Resistive effects during inverse transfer
• B-field does not care about irrotational part
• Magnetic helicity from 1-D data sets
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(i)(i) Small scale dynamoSmall scale dynamo
(i)Exponential growth
(ii)Growth rate proportional to Rm1/2
(iii)Kazantsev spectrum
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(ii) Large-scale dynamo(ii) Large-scale dynamo
• Similar to SS dynamo at early times
• Inverse cascade/transfer behavior
• Resistively slow saturation (!)
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(iii) Non-helical decay(iii) Non-helical decay
• Fast decay at small scales
• Slight increase for small k and strong B
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(iv) Helical decay(iv) Helical decay
• Inverse cascade on large scales
Christensson et al.(2001, PRE 64, 056405)
Initial slope E~k4
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Revised helical decay lawRevised helical decay law
HkH H22
sI tHE 22/1/||
H not exactly constant
rHH ttkk 00 /Assume power law, not const
H follows power law iff r=1/2; thenstH 2
2diff
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20 / HHH tktks
M. Christensson, M. Hindmarsh, A. Brandenburg: 2005, AN 326, 393M. Christensson, M. Hindmarsh, A. Brandenburg: 2005, AN 326, 393
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Dynamos: small-scale vs large-scaleDynamos: small-scale vs large-scale
B-scale larger than U-scale
B-scale smaller than U-scale
Wavenumber=1/scale
energy
injectionscale
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SS and LS dynamos
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Small-scale vs large-scale dynamoSmall-scale vs large-scale dynamo
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Inverse cascadeInverse cascade
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Resistive effects on inverse transfer
2/1frms
2/1
1rms
2/1
2/1
tkut
tuRk
tk
mm
m
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Application to phase transitionsApplication to phase transitions
• Forcing purely potential• No vorticity production?
ln2
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Sωωuω
BBuB
t
t
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Gaussian expansion wavesGaussian expansion waves
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No dynamo from potential flowsNo dynamo from potential flows
No dynamo actionin nearly potentialflows (at least notfo far)
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No vorticity eitherNo vorticity either
ln2
2
Sωωuω
BBuB
t
t
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Vorticity productionVorticity production
• if 2/urms kf > 1
• if Ma > 0
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B field ignores irrotational partB field ignores irrotational part
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Helicity from 1-D data setsHelicity from 1-D data sets
)()( xBxBM jiij
)(
)()(
kHki
kEkkkM
kijk
jiijij
)()( xBxBM jiij
)()()( rxxr jiij BBM
Matthaeus et al. (1982) Measure correlation function
In Fourier space, calculatemagnetic energy and helicity spectra
Should be done with Ulysses data away from equatorial plane
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Bi-helical fields from UlyssesBi-helical fields from Ulysses
• Taylor hypothesis• Broad k bins• Southern latitude
with opposite sign• Small/large distances• Positive H at large k• Break point with
distance to larger k
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ConclusionsConclusions
• Resistive effects during inverse transfer
• B-field does not care about irrotational part
• Magnetic helicity from 1-D data sets
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