On the mean field dynamo with Hall effect
Abstract
Context: .MHD turbulence with Hall effect.
Aims: .Study how Hall effect modifies the quenching process of the electromotive force (e.m.f.) in Mean Field Dynamo (MFD) theories.
Methods: .We write down the evolution equations for the e.m.f. and for the large and small scale magnetic helicity, treat Hall effect as a perturbation and integrate the resulting equations, assuming boundary conditions such that the total divergencies vanish.
Results: .For force-free large scale magnetic fields, Hall effect acts by coupling the small scale velocity and magnetic fields. For the range of parameters considered, the overall effect is a stronger quenching of the e.m.f. than in standard MHD and a damping of the inverse cascade of magnetic helicity.
Conclusions: .In astrophysical environments characterized by the parameters considered here, Hall effect would produce an earlier quenching of the e.m.f. and consequently a weaker large scale magnetic field.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- June 2006
- DOI:
- 10.1051/0004-6361:20054111
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0603348
- Bibcode:
- 2006A&A...452..773K
- Keywords:
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- magnetohydrodynamics (MHD);
- plasmas;
- turbulence;
- Astrophysics;
- Physics - Plasma Physics
- E-Print:
- 8 pages, 4 figures. Accepted by A&