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Studying magneto‐convection by numerical simulation
Author(s) -
Vögler A.,
Schüssler M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.200310146
Subject(s) - dynamo , physics , magnetohydrodynamics , convection , magnetic field , magneto , computer simulation , large eddy simulation , mechanics , solar dynamo , dynamo theory , classical mechanics , geophysics , computational physics , turbulence , magnet , quantum mechanics
Abstract Following a brief overview of the two main approaches to investigate the interaction between magnetic fields and convective flows near the solar surface layers by numerical simulation, namely idealized model problems and ‘realistic’ large‐eddy simulations, we present first results obtained with a newly developed MHD code. The first example concerns the realistic simulation of the magnetic field dynamics in a solar plage region while the second example demonstrates small‐scale dynamo action in idealized compressible convection.