Path integrals for mean-field equations in nonlinear dynamos
Abstract
Mean-field dynamo equations are addressed with the aid of the path integral method. The evolution of magnetic field is treated as a three-dimensional Wiener random process, and the mean magnetic-field equations are obtained with the Wiener integrals taken over all the trajectories of the fluid particles. The form of the equations is just the same as the conventional mean-field equations, but here the equations are derived with the velocity field realisation affected by the force exerted by the magnetic field. In this sense, we derive nonlinear dynamo equations.
- Publication:
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Journal of Plasma Physics
- Pub Date:
- June 2018
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1802.02842
- Bibcode:
- 2018JPlPh..84c7307S
- Keywords:
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- astrophysical plasmas;
- space plasma physics;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 6 pages, 0 figures