Alleviatingαquenching by solar wind and meridional flows

2010/08/31 by Dhrubaditya Mitra, D. Moss, David Moss +2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015637

published as Astron. Astrophys. 526, A138 (2011) · consistent with the published version

openalex publication_date 2010/12/03 · arxiv created 2011/01/29 · arxiv updated 2011/02/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Aims. We study the ability of magnetic helicity expulsion to alleviate catastrophic α-quenching in mean field dynamos in two–dimensional spherical wedge domains.

Citations

• Astrophysical magnetic fields and nonlinear dynamo theory
• Doubly Helical Coronal Ejections from Dynamos and Their Role in Sustaining the Solar Cycle
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• Equatorial magnetic helicity flux in simulations with different gauges