The nonlinear theory of a "shear-current" effect in a nonrotating and nonhelical homogeneous turbulence with an imposed mean velocity shear is developed. The shear-current effect is associated with the W x J term in the mean electromotive force and causes the generation of the mean magnetic field even in a nonrotating and nonhelical homogeneous turbulence (where W is the mean vorticity and J is the mean electric current). It is found that there is no quenching of the nonlinear shear-current effect contrary to the quenching of the nonlinear alpha effect, the nonlinear turbulent magnetic diffusion, etc. During the nonlinear growth of the mean magnetic field, the shear-current effect only changes its sign at some value B (*) of the mean magnetic field. The magnitude B (*) determines the level of the saturated mean magnetic field which is less than the equipartition field. It is shown that the background magnetic fluctuations due to the small-scale dynamo enhance the shear-current effect and reduce the magnitude B (*) . When the level of the background magnetic fluctuations is larger than 1/3 of the kinetic energy of the turbulence, the mean magnetic field can be generated due to the shear-current effect for an arbitrary exponent of the energy spectrum of the velocity fluctuations.

In this paper we advance physical background of the energy-and flux-budget turbulence closure based on the budget equations for the turbulent kinetic and potential energies and turbulent fluxes of momentum and buoyancy, and a new relaxation equation for the turbulent dissipation time-scale. The closure is designed for stratified geophysical flows from neutral to very stable and accounts for the Earth rotation. In accordance to modern experimental evidence, the closure implies maintaining of turbulence by the velocity shear at any gradient Richardson number Ri, and distinguishes between the two principally different regimes: "strong turbulence" at Ri << 1 typical of boundary-layer flows and characterised by the practically constant turbulent Prandtl number T r P ; and "weak turbulence" at Ri > 1 typical of the free atmosphere or deep ocean, where T r P asymptotically linearly increases with increasing Ri (which implies very strong suppression of the heat transfer compared to the momentum transfer). For use in different applications, the closure is formulated at different levels of complexity, from the local algebraic model relevant to the steady-state regime of turbulence to a hierarchy of non-local closures including simpler down-gradient models, presented in terms of the eddy-viscosity and eddy-conductivity, and general non-gradient model based on prognostic equations for all basic parameters of turbulence including turbulent fluxes. Keywords:Boundary

The feasibility of a mean-field dynamo in nonhelical turbulence with a superimposed linear shear is studied numerically in elongated shearing boxes. Exponential growth of the magnetic field at scales much larger than the outer scale of the turbulence is found. The characteristic scale of the field is lB proportional S(-1/2) and the growth rate is gamma proportional S, where S is the shearing rate. This newly discovered shear dynamo effect potentially represents a very generic mechanism for generating large-scale magnetic fields in a broad class of astrophysical systems with spatially coherent mean flows.

The mean electromotive force that occurs in the framework of mean-field magnetohydrodynamics is studied for cases in which magnetic field fluctuations are not only due to the action of velocity fluctuations on the mean magnetic field. The possibility of magnetic field fluctuations independent of a mean magnetic field, as they may occur as a consequence of a small-scale dynamo, is taken into account. Particular attention is payed to the effect of a mean rotation of the fluid on the mean electromotive force, although only small rotation rates are considered. Anisotropies of the turbulence due to gradients of its intensity or its helicity are admitted. The mean magnetic field is considered to be weak enough to exclude quenching effects. A τ -approximation is used in the equation describing the deviation of the cross-helicity tensor from that for zero mean magnetic field, which applies in the limit of large hydrodynamic Reynolds numbers.For the effects described by the mean electromotive force like α-effect, turbulent diffusion of magnetic fields etc. in addition to the contributions determined by the velocity fluctuations also those determined by the magnetic field fluctuations independent of the mean magnetic field are derived. Several old results are confirmed, partially under more general assumptions, and quite a few new ones are given. Provided the kinematic helicity and the current helicity of the fluctuations have the same signs the α-effect is always diminished by the magnetic fluctuations. In the absence of rotation these have, however, no influence on the turbulent diffusion. Besides the diamagnetic effect due to a gradient of the intensity of the velocity fluctuations there is a paramagnetic effect due to a gradient of the intensity of the magnetic fluctuations. In the absence of rotation these two effects compensate each other in the case of equipartition of the kinetic and magnetic energies of the fluctuations of the original turbulence, i.e. that with zero mean magnetic field, but the rotation makes the situation more complex. The Ω × J-effect works in the same way with velocity fluctuations and magnetic field fluctuations. A contribution to the electromotive force connected with the symmetric parts of the gradient tensor of the mean magnetic field, which does not occur in the absence of rotation, was found in the case of rotation, resulting from velocity or magnetic fluctuations.The implications of the results for the mean electromotive force for mean-field dynamo models are discussed with special emphasis to dynamos working without α-effect.The results for the coefficients defining the mean electromotive force which are determined by the velocity fluctuations in the case of vanishing mean motion agree formally with the results obtained in the kinematic approach, specified by second-order approximation and high-conductivity limit. However, their range of validity is clearly larger.

An effect of sheared large-scale motions on a mean electromotive force in a nonrotating turbulent flow of a conducting fluid is studied. It is demonstrated that in a homogeneous divergence-free turbulent flow the α-effect does not exist, however a mean magnetic field can be generated even in a nonrotating turbulence with an imposed mean velocity shear due to a new "shear-current" effect. A mean velocity shear results in an anisotropy of turbulent magnetic diffusion. A contribution to the electromotive force related with the symmetric parts of the gradient tensor of the mean magnetic field (the κ-effect) is found in a nonrotating turbulent flows with a mean shear. The κ-effect and turbulent magnetic diffusion reduce the growth rate of the mean magnetic field. It is shown that a mean magnetic field can be generated when the exponent of the energy spectrum of the background turbulence (without the mean velocity shear) is less than 2. The "shear-current" effect was studied using two different methods: the τ -approximation (the Orszag third-order closure procedure) and the stochastic calculus (the path integral representation of the solution of the induction equation, Feynman-Kac formula and Cameron-Martin-Girsanov theorem). Astrophysical applications of the obtained results are discussed.