Rotational effects on the small-scale dynamo

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Autori principali: Kishore, G., Singh, Nishant K.
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author Kishore, G.
Singh, Nishant K.
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Singh, Nishant K.
contents Using direct numerical simulations of forced rotating turbulence, we study the effect of rotation on the growth rate and the saturation level of the small-scale dynamo. For slow rotation rates, increasing the rotation rate reduces both the growth rate and the saturation level. Once the rotation rate crosses a threshold, large-scale vortices are formed which enhance the growth rate and the saturation level. Below this threshold, the suppression of the small-scale dynamo with increasing rotation is explained by the fact that at scales close to, but smaller than, the forcing scale, rotating turbulence is one-dimensionalized, with the velocity component along the rotation axis being larger than the other two components. This is due to the rotational destabilization of vortices produced by the forcing function. While the rotational effect on the growth rate becomes small at high Re, the ratio of the steady-state magnetic to kinetic energies remains suppressed by up to 35% as compared to the non-rotating case.
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spellingShingle Rotational effects on the small-scale dynamo
Kishore, G.
Singh, Nishant K.
Fluid Dynamics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Plasma Physics
Using direct numerical simulations of forced rotating turbulence, we study the effect of rotation on the growth rate and the saturation level of the small-scale dynamo. For slow rotation rates, increasing the rotation rate reduces both the growth rate and the saturation level. Once the rotation rate crosses a threshold, large-scale vortices are formed which enhance the growth rate and the saturation level. Below this threshold, the suppression of the small-scale dynamo with increasing rotation is explained by the fact that at scales close to, but smaller than, the forcing scale, rotating turbulence is one-dimensionalized, with the velocity component along the rotation axis being larger than the other two components. This is due to the rotational destabilization of vortices produced by the forcing function. While the rotational effect on the growth rate becomes small at high Re, the ratio of the steady-state magnetic to kinetic energies remains suppressed by up to 35% as compared to the non-rotating case.
title Rotational effects on the small-scale dynamo
topic Fluid Dynamics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.17178