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The Anisotropy of Electron MHD Turbulence

Astrophysics 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

We present numerical studies of 3-dimensional electron magnetohydrodynamic (EMHD) turbulence. We investigate cascade timescale and anisotropy of freely decaying strong EMHD turbulence with zero electron skin depth. Cascade time scales with k4/3k^{-4/3}. Our numerical results clearly show scale-dependent anisotropy. We discuss that the observed anisotropy is consistent with kk1/3k_{\|} \propto k_{\perp}^{1/3}, where kk_{\|} and kk_{\perp} are wave numbers parallel and perpendicular to (local) mean magnetic field, respectively.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0406595,
  title  = {The Anisotropy of Electron MHD Turbulence},
  author = {Jungyeon Cho and A. Lazarian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0406595},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures, ApJL, submitted