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Turbulent magnetic decay controlled by two conserved quantities
KTH, Centres, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics NORDITA. Stockholm Univ, Hannes Alfvens Vag 12, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.;Stockholm Univ, Oskar Klein Ctr, Dept Astron, AlbaNova, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.;Carnegie Mellon Univ, McWilliams Ctr Cosmol, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA.;Carnegie Mellon Univ, Dept Phys, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA.;Ilia State Univ, Sch Nat Sci & Med, 3-5 Cholokashvili Ave, Tbilisi 0194, Georgia..ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7304-021X
Indian Inst Sci Educ & Res Kolkata, Dept Phys Sci, Mohanpur 741246, W Bengal, India..
2025 (English)In: Journal of Plasma Physics, ISSN 0022-3778, E-ISSN 1469-7807, Vol. 91, no 1, article id E5Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The decay of a turbulent magnetic field is slower with helicity than without. Furthermore, the magnetic correlation length grows faster for a helical than a non-helical field. Both helical and non-helical decay laws involve conserved quantities: the mean magnetic helicity density and the Hosking integral. Using direct numerical simulations in a triply periodic domain, we show quantitatively that in the fractionally helical case the mean magnetic energy density and correlation length are approximately given by the maximum of the values for the purely helical and purely non-helical cases. The time of switchover from one to the other decay law can be obtained on dimensional grounds and is approximately given by $I_{H}<^>{1/2}I_{M}<^>{-3/2}$, where $I_{H}$ is the Hosking integral and $I_{M}$ is the mean magnetic helicity density. An earlier approach based on the decay time is found to agree with our new result and suggests that the Hosking integral exceeds naive estimates by the square of the same resistivity-dependent factor by which also the turbulent decay time exceeds the Alfv & eacute;n time. In the presence of an applied magnetic field, the mean magnetic helicity density is known to be not conserved, and we show that then also the Hosking integral is not conserved.

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Cambridge University Press (CUP) , 2025. Vol. 91, no 1, article id E5
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astrophysical plasmas, plasma simulation
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-358760DOI: 10.1017/S0022377824001508ISI: 001390487900001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85216378771OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-358760DiVA, id: diva2:1929629
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