Magnetic dynamo action in helical turbulence
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We investigate magnetic field amplification in a turbulent velocity field with nonzero helicity, in the framework of the kinematic Kazantsev-Kraichnan model. We present the numerical solution of the model for the practically important case of Kolmogorov distribution of velocity fluctuations, with a large magnetic Reynolds number. We found that in contrast with the nonhelical case where growing magnetic fields are described by a few bound eigenmodes concentrated inside the inertial interval of the velocity field, in the helical case the number of bound eigenmodes considerably increases, moreover, new unbound eigenmodes appear. Both bound and unbound eigenmodes contribute to the large-scale magnetic field. This indicates a limited applicability of the conventional alpha-model of a large-scale dynamo action, which captures only unbound modes. Subject headings: magnetic fields — magnetohydrodynamics: MHD — turbulence
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تاریخ انتشار 2008