Dynamos: from an astrophysical model to laboratory experiments

DD Sokoloff, RA Stepanov, PG Frick - Physics-Uspekhi, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic field generation and evolution in celestial bodies—the subject matter of the theory
of the dynamo—held Ya B Zeldovich's interest for years. Over the time since then, the study …

Generation of a magnetic field by dynamo action in a turbulent flow of liquid sodium

R Monchaux, M Berhanu, M Bourgoin, M Moulin… - Physical review …, 2007 - APS
We report the observation of dynamo action in the von Kármán sodium experiment, ie, the
generation of a magnetic field by a strongly turbulent swirling flow of liquid sodium. Both …

Liquid-metal experiments on geophysical and astrophysical phenomena

F Stefani - Nature Reviews Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Recent decades have seen enormous progress in the experimental investigation of
fundamental processes that are relevant to geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics …

The von Kármán sodium experiment: turbulent dynamical dynamos

R Monchaux, M Berhanu, S Aumaître, A Chiffaudel… - Physics of …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The von Kármán Sodium (VKS) experiment studies dynamo action in the flow generated
inside a cylinder filled with liquid sodium by the rotation of coaxial impellers (the von Kármán …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of nutation angle on the flow inside a precessing cylinder and its dynamo action

V Kumar, F Pizzi, A Giesecke, J Šimkanin… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of the nutation angle on the flow inside a precessing cylinder is experimentally
explored and compared with numerical simulations. The focus is laid on the typical …

On the magnetic fields generated by experimental dynamos

F Pétrélis, N Mordant, S Fauve - Geophysical and Astrophysical …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
We review the results obtained by three successful fluid dynamo experiments and discuss
what has been learnt from them about the effect of turbulence on the dynamo threshold and …

Magnetohydrodynamic experiments on cosmic magnetic fields

F Stefani, A Gailitis, G Gerbeth - ZAMM‐Journal of Applied …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
It is widely known that cosmic magnetic fields, ie the fields of planets, stars, and galaxies, are
produced by the hydromagnetic dynamo effect in moving electrically conducting fluids. It is …

Динамо: на пути от астрофизических моделей к лабораторному эксперименту

ДД Соколов, РА Степанов, ПГ Фрик - Успехи физических наук, 2014 - ufn.ru
Вопрос о возникновении и последующей эволюции магнитных полей небесных тел,
составляющий предмет теории динамо, интересовал ЯБ Зельдовича многие годы. За …

Effect of magnetic boundary conditions on the dynamo threshold of von Kármán swirling flows

C Gissinger, A Iskakov, S Fauve, E Dormy - Europhysics Letters, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the effect of different boundary conditions on the kinematic dynamo threshold of
von Kármán type swirling flows in a cylindrical geometry. Using an analytical test flow, we …

Role of Soft-Iron Impellers on the Mode Selection<? format?> in the von Kármán–Sodium Dynamo Experiment

A Giesecke, F Stefani, G Gerbeth - Physical review letters, 2010 - APS
A crucial point for the understanding of the von Kármán–sodium (VKS) dynamo experiment
is the influence of soft-iron impellers. We present numerical simulations of a VKS-like …