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Table 2.

Overview of simulations with an initial uniform magnetic field Bz = 1 mG.

Simulation name h [km] CS ηH [109 cm2 s−1] Reeff Rem, eff Prm, eff τE [s] ⟨|Bz|⟩ [G] Em/Ek⟩ [%]
dh24 24 0 0 250 238 0.95
dh16 16 0 0 416 389 0.93
dh12 12 0 0 595 553 0.93 9200 9 0.2
dh8 8 0 0 1023 923 0.90 1440 25 1.3
dh6 6 0 0 1432 1278 0.89 830 49 1.4
dh6νSηH22 6 1.55 22 581 930 1.6 5200
dh6νSηH25 6 1.55 25 574 860 1.5 12 000
dh6νSηH32 6 1.55 32 570 740 1.3
dh6ηH12 6 0 12 1416 957 0.68 5500
dh6ηH14 6 0 14 1428 923 0.65 21 000

Notes. Name, grid spacing h, Smagorinsky coefficient CS, artificial homogeneous magnetic diffusivity ηH, effective Reynolds and magnetic Reynolds numbers Reeff and Rem, eff, effective magnetic Prandtl number Prm, eff, magnetic energy e-folding time τE, and time-averaged unsigned vertical magnetic field ⟨|Bz|⟩ and magnetic-to-kinetic energy ratio ⟨Em/Ek⟩ (the last six parameters are computed as discussed in Sect. 5).

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