Dynamo regimes and transitions in the VKS experiment

M. Berhanu, G. Verhille, J. Boisson, B. Gallet, C. Gissinger, S. Fauve, N. Mordant, F. Pétrélis, M. Bourgoin, P. Odier (), J.-F. Pinton, N. Plihon, S. Aumaître, A. Chiffaudel, F. Daviaud, B. Dubrulle and C. Pirat

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2010, vol. 77, issue 4, 459-468

Abstract: The Von Kármán Sodium experiment yields a variety of dynamo regimes, when asymmetry is imparted to the flow by rotating impellers at different speed F 1 and F 2 . We show that as the intensity of forcing, measured as F 1 +F 2 , is increased, the transition to a self-sustained magnetic field is always observed via a supercritical bifurcation to a stationary state. For some values of the asymmetry parameter θ=(F 1 –F 2 )/(F 1 +F 2 ), time dependent dynamo regimes develop. They are observed either when the forcing is increased for a given value of asymmetry, or when the amount of asymmetry is varied at sufficiently high forcing. Two qualitatively different transitions between oscillatory and stationary regimes are reported, involving or not a strong divergence of the period of oscillations. These transitions can be interpreted using a low dimensional model based on the interactions of two dynamo modes. Copyright EDP Sciences, SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010

Date: 2010
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