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Numerical solutions of the nonlinear α-effect dynamo equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2006

Michael R. E. Proctor
Michael R. E. Proctor
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
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Abstract

An extension is made of the α-effect model of the earth's dynamo into the nonlinear regime following the prescription of Malkus & Proctor (1975). In this model, the effects of small-scale dynamics on the α-effect are suppressed, and the global effects of induced velocity fields examined in isolation. The equations are solved numerically using finite-difference methods, and it is shown that viscous and inertial forces are unimportant in the final equilibration, as suggested in the above paper.

Type
Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 80 , Issue 4 , 23 May 1977 , pp. 769 - 784
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© 1977 Cambridge University Press

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