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We consider the mean electromotive force and a dynamo-generated magnetic field, taking into account the stretching of turbulent magnetic field lines by a shear flow. Calculations are performed by making use of the second-order correlation approximation. In the presence of shear, the mirror symmetry of turbulence can be broken; thus turbulent motions become suitable for the generation of a large-scale magnetic field. Regardless of the shear law, turbulence can lead to a rapid amplification of the mean magnetic field. The growth rate of the mean magnetic field depends on the length-scale: it is faster for the fields with smaller length-scale. The mechanism considered is qualitatively different from the alpha dynamo, and can generate only a magnetic field that is inhomogeneous in the direction of flow. In contrast to the alpha dynamo, this mechanism also allows the generation of two-dimensional fields. The suggested mechanism may play an important role in the generation of magnetic fields in accretion discs, galaxies and jets.
Author(s): Urpin V
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year: 1999
Volume: 308
Issue: 3
Pages: 741-744
Print publication date: 21/09/1999
ISSN (print): 0035-8711
ISSN (electronic): 1365-2966
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02738.x
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02738.x
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