On the Physics of Kinetic-Alfven Turbulence
Plasma Physics
2013-05-06 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Space Physics
Abstract
Observations reveal nearly power-law spectra of magnetic and density plasma fluctuations at subproton scales in the solar wind, which indicates the presence of a turbulent cascade. We discuss the three-field and two-field models for micro-scale plasma fluctuations, and then present the results of numerical simulations of a two-field model of kinetic-Alfven turbulence, which models plasma motion at sub-proton scales.
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@article{arxiv.1305.0582,
title = {On the Physics of Kinetic-Alfven Turbulence},
author = {Stanislav Boldyrev and Jean Carlos Perez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.0582},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
ASP Conf. Ser., Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows: ASTRONUM-2012 (in press)