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Energy transfers in MHD turbulence and its applications to dynamo

Mahendra K. Verma¹ , R. Stepanov^{2, 4} , F. Plunian³

¹ Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 20816, India
² Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics, 1 Acad. Korolyov str., Perm 614013, Russia
³ Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne et Tectonophysique, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS, Maison des Géosciences, BP53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
⁴ Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Perm 614990, Russia

Abstract
In this paper, we describe mode-to-mode energy transfers and energy fluxes of MHD turbulence. These energy transfers are very useful for understanding turbulence dynamics, as well as for applications, such as dynamo. We illustrate how the energy fluxes provide valuable insights into the mechanism of growth of large-scale magnetic energy in dynamo. Tables 2, Figs 5, Refs 14.