Astrophysical magnetic fields and nonlinear dynamo theory

A Brandenburg, K Subramanian - Physics Reports, 2005 - Elsevier
The current understanding of astrophysical magnetic fields is reviewed, focusing on their
generation and maintenance by turbulence. In the astrophysical context this generation is …

The reversed field pinch

L Marrelli, P Martin, ME Puiatti, JS Sarff… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews the research on the reversed field pinch (RFP) in the last three decades.
Substantial experimental and theoretical progress and transformational changes have been …

[图书][B] Hydrodynamic and Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulent Flows: Modelling and Statistical Theory

A Yoshizawa - 2013 - books.google.com
TUrbulence modeling encounters mixed evaluation concerning its impor tance. In
engineering flow, the Reynolds number is often very high, and the direct numerical …

Progress in understanding magnetic reconnection in laboratory and space astrophysical plasmas

M Yamada - Physics of Plasmas, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
This paper reviews the progress in understanding the fundamental physics of magnetic
reconnection, focusing on significant results in the past decade from dedicated laboratory …

Increased Confinement and by Inductive Poloidal Current Drive in the Reversed Field Pinch

JS Sarff, NE Lanier, SC Prager, MR Stoneking - Physical review letters, 1997 - APS
With the addition of inductive poloidal current drive for current profile control in the Madison
Symmetric Torus (MST) reversed field pinch, the magnetic fluctuation amplitude halves …

Computational aspects of astrophysical MHD and turbulence

A Brandenburg - Advances in nonlinear dynamos, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter illustrates the behavior of high-order schemes using various test problems.
Using potential enthalpy and entropy as the main thermodynamic variables has a number of …

Turbulent dynamos and magnetic helicity

H Ji - Physical review letters, 1999 - APS
It is shown that the turbulent-dynamo α effect converts magnetic helicity from the turbulent
field to the mean field when the turbulence is electromagnetic, while the magnetic helicity of …

Observation of a turbulence-induced large scale magnetic field

EJ Spence, MD Nornberg, CM Jacobson, RD Kendrick… - Physical review …, 2006 - APS
An axisymmetric magnetic field is applied to a spherical, turbulent flow of liquid sodium. An
induced magnetic dipole moment is measured which cannot be generated by the interaction …

Core inductive electric field during sawtooth crashes on DIII-D

TE Benedett, J Chen, DL Brower… - Plasma Physics and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Sawtooth crashes on tokamak plasmas exhibit relaxation much faster than resistive time
scales via a mechanism not fully understood. Using core magnetic measurements from the …

Magnetohydrodynamic experiments on cosmic magnetic fields

F Stefani, A Gailitis, G Gerbeth - ZAMM‐Journal of Applied …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
It is widely known that cosmic magnetic fields, ie the fields of planets, stars, and galaxies, are
produced by the hydromagnetic dynamo effect in moving electrically conducting fluids. It is …