The role of the helicity spectrum function in turbulent dynamo theory

DOI10.1080/03091928208209016zbMath0509.76106OpenAlexW2093787260WikidataQ114640678 ScholiaQ114640678MaRDI QIDQ4749516

M. R. E. Proctor, Henry Keith Moffatt

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928208209016

zbMATH Keywords

dynamo theoryalpha-effectfirst-order smoothing approximationmean electromotive forcehelical inertia waveshelicity spectrum functionRaedler effectreflectional symmetric and asymmetric ingredients

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence (76F05) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30) Geo-electricity and geomagnetism (86A25)

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