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Scaling and intermittency in incoherent α-shear dynamo

arXiv:1107.2419 · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20190.x

Abstract

We consider mean-field dynamo models with fluctuating αeffect, both with and without shear. The αeffect is chosen to be Gaussian white noise with zero mean and given covariance. We show analytically that the mean magnetic field does not grow, but, in an infinitely large domain, the mean-squared magnetic field shows exponential growth of the fastest growing mode at a rate proportional to the shear rate, which agrees with earlier numerical results of Yousef et al (2008) and recent analytical treatment by Heinemann et al (2011) who use a method different from ours. In the absence of shear, an incoherent α^2 dynamo may also be possible. We further show by explicit calculation of the growth rate of third and fourth order moments of the magnetic field that the probability density function of the mean magnetic field generated by this dynamo is non-Gaussian.

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