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arxiv: 1109.4644 · v1 · pith:O5Q4G3OAnew · submitted 2011-09-21 · 🌌 astro-ph.GA · physics.flu-dyn· physics.geo-ph· physics.plasm-ph· physics.space-ph

Universal Nonlinear Small-Scale Dynamo

classification 🌌 astro-ph.GA physics.flu-dynphysics.geo-phphysics.plasm-phphysics.space-ph
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We consider astrophysically relevant nonlinear MHD dynamo at large Reynolds numbers (Re). We argue that it is universal in a sense that magnetic energy grows at a rate which is a constant fraction C_E of the total turbulent dissipation rate. On the basis of locality bounds we claim that this "efficiency of small-scale dynamo", C_E, is a true constant for large Re and is determined only by strongly nonlinear dynamics at the equipartition scale. We measured C_E in numerical simulations and observed a value around 0.05 in highest resolution simulations. We address the issue of C_E being small, unlike Kolmogorov constant which is of order unity.

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