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Prandtl number dependence of magnetic-to-kinetic dissipation

Prandtl number dependence of magnetic-to-kinetic dissipation. What gets in, will get out Even for vanishing viscosity What if magnetic fields contribute?. Axel Brandenburg (Nordita  CU Boulder ). (ApJ 791, 12 (2014). Finite dissipation at vanishing viscosity.

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Prandtl number dependence of magnetic-to-kinetic dissipation

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  1. Prandtl number dependence of magnetic-to-kinetic dissipation • What gets in, will get out • Even for vanishing viscosity • What if magnetic fields • contribute? Axel Brandenburg (Nordita  CU Boulder) (ApJ 791, 12 (2014)

  2. Finite dissipation at vanishing viscosity if n 0 then w2  infty Traceless rate-of-strain tensor How is this modified by magnetic fields? • Smaller h, more J, same dissipation • Or: dynamo stronger, more dissipation • Or: less dissipation 

  3. Couple to B-field • <u.(JxB)> taps energy • Dynamo if negative • Self-excited if instability • Requires 3-D B-field • Isotropic turbulence • Small-scale dynamo (nonhelical) • Large-scale dynamo (helical)

  4. Passive scalar case Sc=n/k Motivation of LES modeling Location of cutoff does not matter for inertial range Order of limits n 0 h 0 unimportant (Batchelor)

  5. Coupling to B-field • Magnetic dissipation depends on work term • Independent of microphysics? • Basic assumption of LES and iLES • e.g., hyperdiffusion (Galsgaard & Nordlund 1996) • Not confirmed by DNS • Ratio scales with n/h • Either n or h fixed • What if replace Spitzer by Hall?

  6. 2 solutions Re const ReM const n smaller, nw2 smaller, hJ2 larger

  7. Numerically difficult? • Energy dissipation via Joule • Viscous dissipation weak • Can increase Re substantially! PrM=n/h Brandenburg (2009, ApJ)

  8. Isothermal MHD Forcing: helical or nonhelical

  9. PrM dependence of dissipation ratio Brandenburg (2014, ApJ, 791, 12) SPP = Sahoo, Perlekar, Pandit (2011)

  10. Energy ratio nearly unchanged

  11. Inertial range  compensated spectra

  12. 2-D MHD (Tran et al, JFM 2013) h smaller, n/hlarger, J2 finite, hJ2 0 nw2/ hJ2 keeps incr. 1-D shocks 2-D decturb Brandenburg (2014, ApJ, 791, 12)

  13. Hall MHD • How does it affect dissipation ratio? • Does it “replace” ohmic diffusion somehow • Does it affect the dynamo • Backscatter from magnetic to kinetic energy (Mininni, Alexakis, Pouquet 2006) • Nature of MHD Alfven waves changed

  14. Hall MHD simulations 2883 resol. Makes dynamo weaker  less magnetic dissipation

  15. Hall effect Makes dynamo weaker =n/h

  16. Effect of rotation No effect if supercritical

  17. Conclusions • Dissipation ratio scales with PrM • Both for PrM > 1 and < 1 • SS dynamo scaling shallower (nonuniversal) • Qualitatively reproduced with MHD shocks • <u.(JxB)> determined by microphysics!? • Hall does affect dynamo, if 1/lHall subinertial • Questions about LES or iLES

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