The Lagrangian properties of the velocity field in a magnetized fluid are studied using three-dimensional simulations of a helical magnetohydrodynamic dynamo. We compute the attracting and repelling Lagrangian coherent structures (LCS), which are dynamic lines and surfaces in the velocity field that delineate particle transport in flows with chaotic streamlines and act as transport barriers. Two dynamo regimes are explored, one with a robust coherent mean magnetic field and the other with intermittent bursts of magnetic energy. The LCS and the statistics of the finite-time Lyapunov exponents indicate that the stirring/mixing properties of the velocity field decay as a linear function of magnetic energy. The relevance of this study to the solar dynamo problem is also discussed.
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