We introduce a stochastic model for a passive magnetic field in a three dimensional thin domain. The velocity field, white in time and modelling phenomenologically a turbulent fluid, acts on the magnetic field as a transport-stretching noise. We prove, in a quantitative way, that, in the simultaneous scaling limit of the thickness of the thin layer and the separation of scales, the mean in the thin direction of the magnetic field is close to the solution of the equation for the magnetic field with additional dissipation. For certain choices of noises with correlations between their components, without mirror symmetry and with a non zero mean helicity, we identify, in the limit, a first-order term, in addition to the extra dissipation term. However, in the limit system this term does not produce growth of the L2 norm, which is commonly referred to in the literature as the dynamo effect. Consequently, we extend a no-dynamo theorem to thin layers.

On the Itô-Stratonovich diffusion limit for the magnetic field in a 3D thin domain

Butori, Federico;Flandoli, Franco;Luongo, Eliseo
2026

Abstract

We introduce a stochastic model for a passive magnetic field in a three dimensional thin domain. The velocity field, white in time and modelling phenomenologically a turbulent fluid, acts on the magnetic field as a transport-stretching noise. We prove, in a quantitative way, that, in the simultaneous scaling limit of the thickness of the thin layer and the separation of scales, the mean in the thin direction of the magnetic field is close to the solution of the equation for the magnetic field with additional dissipation. For certain choices of noises with correlations between their components, without mirror symmetry and with a non zero mean helicity, we identify, in the limit, a first-order term, in addition to the extra dissipation term. However, in the limit system this term does not produce growth of the L2 norm, which is commonly referred to in the literature as the dynamo effect. Consequently, we extend a no-dynamo theorem to thin layers.
2026
Settore MAT/06 - Probabilita' e Statistica Matematica
Settore MATH-03/B - Probabilità e statistica matematica
Alpha Effect; Beta Effect; Eddy Viscosity Model; Magnetohydrodynamics; Thin Layer; Transport Noise
   Noise in Fluids
   NoisyFluid
   European Commission
   101053472

   Mathematical analysis of fluid flows: the challenge of randomness
   FluFloRan
   European Commission
   Horizon 2020 Framework Programme - European Research Council - Starting Grant
   949981
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