Galileo mission detected the magnetic anomalies originated from Galilean moons.These anomalies are likely generated in the moons' interiors,under the influence of a strong ambient Jovian field.Among various possib...Galileo mission detected the magnetic anomalies originated from Galilean moons.These anomalies are likely generated in the moons' interiors,under the influence of a strong ambient Jovian field.Among various possible generation mechanisms of the anomalies,we focus on magneto-convection and dynamos in the interiors via numerical simulation.To mimic the electromagnetic environment of the moons,we introduce in our numerical model an external uniform magnetic field B0 with a fixed orientation but varying field strength.Our results show that a finite B0 can substantially alter the dynamo processes inside the core.When the ambient field strength B0 increases to approximately 40% of the field generated by the pure dynamo action,the convective state in the core changes significantly:the convective flow decreases by 80% in magnitude,but the differential rotation becomes stronger in much of the fluid layer,leading to a stronger field generated in the core.The field morphologies inside the core tend to align with the ambient field,while the flow patterns show the symmetry-breaking effect under the influence of B0.Furthermore,the generated field tends to be temporally more stable.展开更多
基金sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (91028007 and 40876022)the National Basic Research and Development Program (2007CB411702)the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (20100072110036)
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40328006)
文摘Galileo mission detected the magnetic anomalies originated from Galilean moons.These anomalies are likely generated in the moons' interiors,under the influence of a strong ambient Jovian field.Among various possible generation mechanisms of the anomalies,we focus on magneto-convection and dynamos in the interiors via numerical simulation.To mimic the electromagnetic environment of the moons,we introduce in our numerical model an external uniform magnetic field B0 with a fixed orientation but varying field strength.Our results show that a finite B0 can substantially alter the dynamo processes inside the core.When the ambient field strength B0 increases to approximately 40% of the field generated by the pure dynamo action,the convective state in the core changes significantly:the convective flow decreases by 80% in magnitude,but the differential rotation becomes stronger in much of the fluid layer,leading to a stronger field generated in the core.The field morphologies inside the core tend to align with the ambient field,while the flow patterns show the symmetry-breaking effect under the influence of B0.Furthermore,the generated field tends to be temporally more stable.
