4 papers
The universal growth of magnetic energy during the nonlinear phase of subsonic and supersonic small-scale dynamos
Neco Kriel, James R. Beattie, Mark R. Krumholz +2
Small-scale dynamos (SSDs) amplify magnetic fields in turbulent plasmas. Theory predicts nonlinear magnetic energy growth , but this scali…
Conservation of magnetic-helicity fluctuations due to spatial decorrelation of fluxes in decaying MHD turbulence
Justin Kin Jun Hew, David N. Hosking, Christoph Federrath +2
Hosking & Schekochihin (2021, Phys. Rev. X 11, 041005) have proposed that statistically isotropic decaying MHD turbulence without net magnetic helicity conserves the mean square fl…
Taking control of compressible modes: bulk viscosity and the turbulent dynamo
James R. Beattie, Christoph Federrath, Neco Kriel +2
Many polyatomic astrophysical plasmas are compressible and out of chemical and thermal equilibrium, introducing a bulk viscosity into the plasma via the internal degrees of freedom…
Fundamental MHD scales -- II: the kinematic phase of the supersonic small-scale dynamo
Neco Kriel, James R. Beattie, Christoph Federrath +2
Many astrophysical small-scale dynamos (SSDs) amplify weak magnetic fields via highly compressible, supersonic turbulence, but established SSD theories have overlooked these compre…