Nonlinear decay of magnetic helicity in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with a mean magnetic field

1994 ◽  
Vol 99 (A2) ◽  
pp. 2567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Troy Stribling ◽  
William H. Matthaeus ◽  
Sanjoy Ghosh
1995 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 1437-1452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Troy Stribling ◽  
William H. Matthaeus ◽  
Sean Oughton

2021 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valery V. Pipin

We study the helicity density patterns which can result from the emerging bipolar regions. Using the relevant dynamo model and the magnetic helicity conservation law we find that the helicity density patterns around the bipolar regions depend on the configuration of the ambient large-scale magnetic field, and in general they show a quadrupole distribution. The position of this pattern relative to the equator can depend on the tilt of the bipolar region. We compute the time–latitude diagrams of the helicity density evolution. The longitudinally averaged effect of the bipolar regions shows two bands of sign for the density distributions in each hemisphere. Similar helicity density patterns are provided by the helicity density flux from the emerging bipolar regions subjected to surface differential rotation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel Brandenburg ◽  
Ruth Durrer ◽  
Yiwen Huang ◽  
Tina Kahniashvili ◽  
Sayan Mandal ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 644 (1) ◽  
pp. 575-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Zhang ◽  
Natasha Flyer ◽  
Boon Chye Low

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S294) ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
Hongqi Zhang

AbstractThe helicity is important to present the basic topological configuration of magnetic field in solar atmosphere. The distribution of magnetic helicity in solar atmosphere is presented by means of the observational (vector) magnetograms. As the kinetic helicity in the solar subatmosphere can be inferred from the velocity field based on the technique of the helioseismology and used to compare with the magnetic helicity in the solar atmosphere, the observational helicities provide the important chance for the confirmation on the generation of magnetic fields in the subatmosphere and solar dynamo models also. In this paper, we present the observational magnetic and kinetic helicity in solar active regions and corresponding questions, except the relationship with solar eruptive phenomena.


2019 ◽  
Vol 631 ◽  
pp. A138 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Hawkes ◽  
A. R. Yeates

Aims. We estimate the injection of relative magnetic helicity into the solar atmosphere by surface flux transport over 27 solar cycles (1700–2009). Methods. We determine the radial magnetic field evolution using two separate surface flux transport models: one driven by magnetogram inputs and another by statistical active region insertion guided by the sunspot number record. The injection of relative magnetic helicity is then computed from this radial magnetic field together with the known electric field in the flux transport models. Results. Neglecting flux emergence, solar rotation is the dominant contributor to the helicity injection. At high latitudes, the injection is always negative/positive in the northern/southern hemisphere, while at low latitudes the injection tends to have the opposite sign when integrated over the full solar cycle. The overall helicity injection in a given solar cycle depends on the balance between these two contributions. This net injected helicity correlates well with the end-of-cycle axial dipole moment.


2020 ◽  
Vol 635 ◽  
pp. A95 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Prior ◽  
G. Hawkes ◽  
M. A. Berger

Context. Magnetic helicity is approximately conserved in resistive magnetohydrodynamic models. It quantifies the entanglement of the magnetic field within the plasma. The transport and removal of helicity is crucial in both dynamo development in the solar interior and active region evolution in the solar corona. This transport typically leads to highly inhomogeneous distributions of entanglement. Aims. There exists no consistent systematic means of decomposing helicity over varying spatial scales and in localised regions. Spectral helicity decompositions can be used in periodic domains and is fruitful for the analysis of homogeneous phenomena. This paper aims to develop methods for analysing the evolution of magnetic field topology in non-homogeneous systems. Methods. The method of multi-resolution wavelet decomposition is applied to the magnetic field. It is demonstrated how this decomposition can further be applied to various quantities associated with magnetic helicity, including the field line helicity. We use a geometrical definition of helicity, which allows these quantities to be calculated for fields with arbitrary boundary conditions. Results. It is shown that the multi-resolution decomposition of helicity has the crucial property of local additivity. We demonstrate a general linear energy-topology conservation law, which significantly generalises the two-point correlation decomposition used in the analysis of homogeneous turbulence and periodic fields. The localisation property of the wavelet representation is shown to characterise inhomogeneous distributions, which a Fourier representation cannot. Using an analytic representation of a resistive braided field relaxation, we demonstrate a clear correlation between the variations in energy at various length scales and the variations in helicity at the same spatial scales. Its application to helicity flows in a surface flux transport model show how various contributions to the global helicity input from active region field evolution and polar field development are naturally separated by this representation. Conclusions. The multi-resolution wavelet decomposition can be used to analyse the evolution of helicity in magnetic fields in a manner which is consistently additive. This method has the advantage over more established spectral methods in that it clearly characterises the inhomogeneous nature of helicity flows where spectral methods cannot. Further, its applicability in aperiodic models significantly increases the range of potential applications.


2005 ◽  
Vol 433 (3) ◽  
pp. L53-L56 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. B. Semikoz ◽  
D. Sokoloff

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