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Scaling properties of three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

Fluid Dynamics 2009-10-31 v1 Plasma Physics

Abstract

The scaling properties of three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic turbulence are obtained from direct numerical simulations of decaying turbulence using 5123512^3 modes. The results indicate that the turbulence does not follow the Iroshnikov-Kraichnan phenomenology.In the case of hyperresistivity, the structure functions exhibit a clear scaling range yielding absolute values of the scaling exponents ζp\zeta_p. The scaling exponents agree with a modified She-Leveque model ζp=p/9+1(1/3)p/3\zeta_p=p/9 + 1 - (1/3)^{p/3}, corresponding to Kolmogorov scaling but sheet-like geometry of the dissipative structures.

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@article{arxiv.physics/9906003,
  title  = {Scaling properties of three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic turbulence},
  author = {Wolf-Christian Mueller and Dieter Biskamp},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9906003},
  year   = {2009}
}