Abstract
A central quantity in mean-field magnetohydrodynamics is the mean electromotive force , which in general depends on the mean magnetic field. It may however also have a part independent of the mean magnetic field. Here we study an example of a rotating conducting body of turbulent fluid with non-zero cross-helicity, in which a contribution to proportional to the angular velocity occurs (Yoshizawa, A., Self-consistent turbulent dynamo modeling of reversed field pinches and planetary magnetic fields. Phys. Fluids B 1990, 2, 1589–1600). If the forcing is helical, it also leads to an α effect, and large-scale magnetic fields can be generated. For not too rapid rotation, the field configuration is such that Yoshizawa's contribution to is considerably reduced compared to the case without α effect. In that case, large-scale flows are also found to be generated.
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