Numerical simulations of Hall MHD small-scale dynamos
Abstract
Much of the progress in our understanding of dynamo mechanisms, has been made within the theoretical framework of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). However, for sufficiently diffuse media, the Hall effect eventually becomes non-negligible. We present results from three dimensional simulations of the Hall-MHD equations subjected to random non-helical forcing. We study the role of the Hall effect in the dynamo efficiency for different values of the Hall parameter, using a pseudospectral code to achieve exponentially fast convergence.
- Publication:
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Highlights of Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- November 2010
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2010HiA....15..436G
- Keywords:
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- ISM;
- magnetic fields;
- MHD;
- turbulence