Cyclic magnetic activity due to turbulent convection in spherical wedge geometry

Abstract

We report on simulations of turbulent, rotating, stratified, magnetohydrodynamic convection in spherical wedge geometry. An initially small-scale, random, weak-amplitude magnetic field is amplified by several orders of magnitude in the course of the simulation to form oscillatory large-scale fields in the saturated state of the dynamo. The differential rotation is solar-like (fast equator), but neither coherent meridional poleward circulation nor near-surface shear layer develop in these runs. In addition to a poleward branch of magnetic activity beyond 50 degrees latitude, we find for the first time a pronounced equatorward branch at around 20 degrees latitude, reminiscent of the solar cycle.

5 pages, 5 figures, version published in ApJL, version with higher resolution figures http://www.helsinki.fi/~kapyla/publ.html

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