A growing dynamo from a saturated Roberts flow dynamo
arXiv:0808.2141 · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14006.x
Abstract
Using direct simulations, weakly nonlinear theory and nonlinear mean-field theory, it is shown that the quenched velocity field of a saturated nonlinear dynamo can itself act as a kinematic dynamo. The flow is driven by a forcing function that would produce a Roberts flow in the absence of a magnetic field. This result confirms an analogous finding by F. Cattaneo & S. M. Tobias (arXiv:0809.1801) for the more complicated case of turbulent convection, suggesting that this may be a common property of nonlinear dynamos; see also the talk given also online at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/dynamo_c08/cattaneo). It is argued that this property can be used to test nonlinear mean-field dynamo theories.
5 pages, 2 figures, accepted by MNRAS
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