These lecture notes are based on a tutorial given in 2017 at a plasma physics winter school
in Les Houches. Their aim is to provide a self-contained graduate-student level introduction …

The generation of a magnetic field in an electrically conducting fluid generally involves the
complicated nonlinear interaction of flow turbulence, rotation and field. This dynamo process …

Recent decades have seen enormous progress in the experimental investigation of
fundamental processes that are relevant to geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics …

The cross-helicity (velocity–magnetic-field correlation) effects in the magnetic-field induction
and momentum transport in the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence are investigated …

We present new experimental results from the University of Maryland Three Meter
Geodynamo experiment. We drive a fully turbulent flow in water and also in sodium at …

The Madison plasma dynamo experiment (MPDX) is a novel, versatile, basic plasma
research device designed to investigate flow driven magnetohydrodynamic instabilities and …

Magnetic fields of planets, stars and galaxies are generated by self-excitation in moving
electrically conducting fluids. Once produced, magnetic fields can play an active role in …

Predicting dynamo self-generation in liquid metal experiments has been an ongoing
question for many years. In contrast to simple dynamical systems for which reliable …

The magnetorotational (MRI) dynamo has long been considered one of the possible drivers
of turbulent angular momentum transport in astrophysical accretion disks. However, various …

The contribution of small scale turbulent fluctuations to the induction of a mean magnetic
field is investigated in our liquid sodium spherical Couette experiment with an imposed …