Penetrative magneto-convection of a rotating Boussinesq flow in $f$-planes

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author Xu, Fan
Cai, Tao
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Cai, Tao
contents In this study, we conducted a linear instability analysis of penetrative magneto-convection in rapidly rotating Boussinesq flows within tilted f-planes, under the influence of a uniform background magnetic field. We integrated wave theory and convection theory to elucidate the penetration dynamics in rotating magneto-convection. Our findings suggest that efficient penetration in rapidly rotating flows with weakly stratified stable layers at low latitudes can be attributed to the resonance of wave transmission near the interface between unstable and stable layers. In the context of strongly stratified flows, we derived the scaling relationships of penetrative distances $Δ$ with the stability parameter $δ$. Our calculation shows that, for both rotation-dominated and magnetism-dominated flows, $Δ$ obeys a scaling of $Δ\sim O(δ^{-1/2})$. In rotation-dominated flows, we noted a general decrease in penetrative distance with increased rotational effect, and a minor decrease in penetrative distance with increased latitude. When a background magnetic field is introduced, we observed a significant shift in penetrative distance as the Elsasser number $Λ$ approaches one. The penetrative distance tends to decrease when $Λ\ll 1$ and increase when $Λ\gg 1$ with the rotational effect, indicating a transition from rotation-dominated to magnetism-dominated flow. We have further investigated the impact of the background magnetic field when it is not aligned with the rotational axis. This presents a notable contrast to the case where the magnetic field is parallel to the rotational axis.
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spellingShingle Penetrative magneto-convection of a rotating Boussinesq flow in $f$-planes
Xu, Fan
Cai, Tao
Fluid Dynamics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Geophysics
In this study, we conducted a linear instability analysis of penetrative magneto-convection in rapidly rotating Boussinesq flows within tilted f-planes, under the influence of a uniform background magnetic field. We integrated wave theory and convection theory to elucidate the penetration dynamics in rotating magneto-convection. Our findings suggest that efficient penetration in rapidly rotating flows with weakly stratified stable layers at low latitudes can be attributed to the resonance of wave transmission near the interface between unstable and stable layers. In the context of strongly stratified flows, we derived the scaling relationships of penetrative distances $Δ$ with the stability parameter $δ$. Our calculation shows that, for both rotation-dominated and magnetism-dominated flows, $Δ$ obeys a scaling of $Δ\sim O(δ^{-1/2})$. In rotation-dominated flows, we noted a general decrease in penetrative distance with increased rotational effect, and a minor decrease in penetrative distance with increased latitude. When a background magnetic field is introduced, we observed a significant shift in penetrative distance as the Elsasser number $Λ$ approaches one. The penetrative distance tends to decrease when $Λ\ll 1$ and increase when $Λ\gg 1$ with the rotational effect, indicating a transition from rotation-dominated to magnetism-dominated flow. We have further investigated the impact of the background magnetic field when it is not aligned with the rotational axis. This presents a notable contrast to the case where the magnetic field is parallel to the rotational axis.
title Penetrative magneto-convection of a rotating Boussinesq flow in $f$-planes
topic Fluid Dynamics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Geophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.13736