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Determining wavenumbers for Hall and electron magnetohydrodynamics turbulence

Analysis of PDEs 2026-04-14 v1

Abstract

In turbulent flows, the Kolmogorov wavenumber characterizes the smallest scales at which viscous effects dominate. A mathematical analogue of this notion first introduced by Foias and Prodi [8] -- a determining wavenumber -- quantifies the minimal set of modes that uniquely determine the long-time behavior of solutions. Extending this framework from the Navier-Stokes equations to magnetized plasma models, we focus on the Hall-MHD and Electron-MHD turbulence in sub-ion and dissipation ranges. We prove existence of time-dependent determining wavenumbers for weak solutions of the Hall- and electron-MHD, improving upon previous results that were not optimal and lacked any comparison with phenomenological dissipation scales. Under explicit scale-localized intermittency assumptions, we show that their time averages are bounded above by Kolmogorov-like dissipation wavenumbers predicted by phenomenological studies of plasma turbulence. For strong electron-MHD solutions, we also establish a uniform bound on the magnetic determining wavenumber from Besov regularity.

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@article{arxiv.2604.10804,
  title  = {Determining wavenumbers for Hall and electron magnetohydrodynamics turbulence},
  author = {Hassan Babaei and Mimi Dai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.10804},
  year   = {2026}
}