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Third-order Els\"asser moments in axisymmetric MHD turbulence

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2015-05-20 v1 Plasma Physics

Abstract

Incompressible MHD turbulence is investigated under the presence of a uniform magnetic field \bb0\bb0. Such a situation is described in the correlation space by a divergence relation which expresses the statistical conservation of the Els\"asser energy flux through the inertial range. The ansatz is made that the development of anisotropy, observed when B0B_0 is strong enough, implies a foliation of space correlation. A direct consequence is the possibility to derive a vectorial law for third-order Els\"asser moments which is parametrized by the intensity of anisotropy. We use the so-called critical balance assumption to fix this parameter and find a unique expression.

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@article{arxiv.1010.3823,
  title  = {Third-order Els\"asser moments in axisymmetric MHD turbulence},
  author = {Sebastien Galtier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.3823},
  year   = {2015}
}

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10 pages, 2 figures, will appear