What is it about?
Results from non linear MHD dynamo experiments with a three-dimensional steady and smooth flow that drives fast dynamo action. This dynamo has a high growth rate in the linear regime, and that it can saturate at a level significantly higher than intermittent turbulent dynamos, namely at energy equipartition.
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Why is it important?
Strong magnetic fields, in near equipartition, can be generated also by a non-turbulent dynamo. A striking result is that the saturation state of this dynamo reveals interesting transitions between turbulent and laminar states.
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This page is a summary of: Nonlinear MHD dynamo operating at equipartition, EAS Publications Series, July 2007, EDP Sciences,
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065087.
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A nonlinear MHD dynamo operating at equipartition
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