Published November 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Small-Scale-Field Dynamo

  • 1. Laboratory of Plasma Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-7501 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90024-1547 (United States)
  • 3. Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 (United States)

Description

Generation of magnetic field energy, without mean field generation, is studied. Isotropic mirror-symmetric turbulence of a conducting fluid amplifies the energy of small-scale magnetic perturbations if the magnetic Reynolds number is high, and the dimensionality of space d satisfies 2.103<d<8.765. The result does not depend on the model of turbulence, incompressibility, and isotropy being the only requirements. copyright 1996 The American Physical Society

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
77
Journal Issue
21
Journal Page Range
p. 4342-4345.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
28015154
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
AMPLIFIERS; COMPRESSIBILITY; ENERGY; FLUIDS; ISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MEAN-FIELD THEORY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SCALAR FIELDS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW
Descriptors DEC
EQUIPMENT; FLUID FLOW; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES