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Conversion of kinetic energy into magnetic energy within a conducting fluid is but an example of various physical phenomena occuring in MHD turbulence at magnetic Reynolds numbers Rm greater than a few tens. While the first numerical evidence of this phenomenon has been obtained since almost 45 years, it was only at the end of the year 1999 that it could be experimentally verified in liquid sodium flows. There is still a great gap between such experimental approaches and the understanding of natural dynamos, which are responsible for example of solar magnetic activity or of the geomagnetic field. To get closer to the real MHD problems, new designs of experimental devices and new numerical codes are needed in order to achieve greater Rm, study the turbulent characteristics, the nonlinear saturation regime and the influence of large-scale flow configuration and boundaries.
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Léorat, J., Lallemand, P., Guermond, J., Plunian, F. (2001). Dynamo Action, Between Numerical Experiments and Liquid Sodium Devices. In: Chossat, P., Ambruster, D., Oprea, I. (eds) Dynamo and Dynamics, a Mathematical Challenge. NATO Science Series, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0788-7_4
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