 Dynamo quenching

Dynamo quenching is the reduction or modification of magnetic-field generation by magnetic feedback on the generating flow and its correlations. The Lorentz force can change shear or turbulence, while magnetic helicity affects mean-field regeneration. A phenomenological scalar example is $\alpha (B)={\alpha }_0/(1+B^2/B_{\ast }^2)$. In the illustrative amplitude equation $\dot{B}=[c\alpha (B)-d]B$ with $c,d>0$, a growing field saturates at $B^2=B_{\ast }^2(c{\alpha }_0/d-1)$ when $c{\alpha }_0>d$. This demonstrates the negative feedback mechanism without claiming that algebraic quenching is a complete solar closure.