Numerical simulations of Hall MHD small-scale dynamos

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-...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2009-11, Vol.5 (H15), p.436-437
Hauptverfasser: Gómez, Daniel O., Mininni, Pablo D., Dmitruk, Pablo
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1743-9213
1743-9221
DOI:10.1017/S1743921310010161