The amplification of a weak applied magnetic field by turbulence in fluids of moderate conductivity

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Abstract
The effect of turbulence on an applied magnetic field is considered in the case when the magnetic Reynolds number Rm is large compared with unity but small compared with the ordinary Reynolds number R of the turbulence. When the applied field is sufficiently weak, it is argued that its effect on the velocity field is negligible. The equation for the field is then linear and its spectrum may be obtained throughout the equlibrium range of wave-numbers. It appears that the spectrum increases as times the electrical conductivity of the fluid. The effect of magnetic forces when these are not negligible is also tentatively considered.