Large-scale dynamos driven by shear-flow-induced jets (VIDEO)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Ordered magnetic fields spontaneously emerge out of chaotic, tangled fields. This finding is consistent with astrophysical observations. Streamlines of magnetic fields are 3D-rendered and are colored red–blue by the x-component of the field. Streamlines of the electric current density are shown in green; color represents magnitude. Poloidal fields are displayed on the (y,z)-plane, after averaging them over the azimuthal (x) direction.

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Credit: Tripathi et al.

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