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A statistical survey of spectral anisotropy of space plasma turbulence is performed using five years measurements from MMS in the magnetosheath. By measuring the five-point second-order structure functions of the magnetic field, we have for…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-08-05 Tieyan Wang , Jiansen He , Olga Alexandrova , Malcolm Dunlop , Denise Perrone

We present a measurement of the scale-dependent, three-dimensional structure of the magnetic field fluctuations in inertial range solar wind turbulence with respect to a local, physically motivated coordinate system. The Alfvenic…

Space Physics · Physics 2012-10-09 C. H. K. Chen , A. Mallet , A. A. Schekochihin , T. S. Horbury , R. T. Wicks , S. D. Bale

We measure the local anisotropy of numerically simulated strong Alfv\'enic turbulence with respect to two local, physically relevant directions: along the local mean magnetic field and along the local direction of one of the fluctuating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 A. Mallet , A. A. Schekochihin , B. D. G. Chandran , C. H. K. Chen , T. S. Horbury , R. T. Wicks , C. C. Greenan

The impact of ion pressure anisotropy on the energy cascade rate of Hall-MHD turbulence with biadiabatic ions and isothermal electrons is evaluated in three-dimensional direct numerical simulations, using the exact (or third-order) law…

We perform direct 3-dimensional numerical simulations for magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in a periodic box of size $2\pi$ threaded by strong uniform magnetic fields. We use a pseudo-spectral code with hyperviscosity and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jungyeon Cho , Ethan T. Vishniac

The self-correlation level contours at $10^{10}\ \mathrm{cm}$ scale reveal a 2-D isotropic feature in both the slow solar wind fluctuations and the fast solar wind fluctuations. However, this 2-D isotropic feature is obtained based on the…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Honghong Wu , Chuanyi Tu , Xin Wang , Jiansen He , Linghua Wang

In presence of an externally supported, mean magnetic field a turbulent, conducting medium, such as plasma, becomes anisotropic. This mean magnetic field, which is separate from the fluctuating, turbulent part of the magnetic field, has…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-12-07 Riddhi Bandyopadhyay , S. Oughton , M. Wan , W. H. Matthaeus , R. Chhiber , T. N. Parashar

By means of three dimensional high-resolution hybrid simulations we study the properties of the magnetic field spectral anisotropies near and beyond ion kinetic scales. By using both a Fourier analysis and a local analysis based on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-18 Simone Landi , Luca Franci , Emanuele Papini , Andrea Verdini , Lorenzo Matteini , Petr Hellinger

The local Galactic HI gas was found to contain cold neutral medium (CNM) filaments that are aligned with polarized dust emission. These filaments appear to be dominated by the magnetic field and in this case turbulence is expected to show…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-26 P. M. W. Kalberla , J. Kerp

Spectral properties of a fully compressible solar wind Hall Magnetohydrodynamic plasma are investigated by means of time dependent three dimensional Hall MHD simulations. Our simulations, in agreement with spacecraft data, identify a…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Dastgeer Shaikh , G. P. Zank

The first observed connection between kinetic instabilities driven by proton temperature anisotropy and estimated energy cascade rates in the turbulent solar wind is reported using measurements from the Wind spacecraft at 1 AU. We find…

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jungyeon Cho , A. Lazarian

Where and under what conditions the transfer of energy between electromagnetic fields and particles takes place in the solar wind remains an open question. We investigate the conditions that promote the growth of kinetic instabilities…

The three-dimensional (3D) Hall magnetohydrodynamics (HMHD) equations are often used to study turbulence in the solar wind. Some earlier studies have investigated the statistical properties of 3D HMHD turbulence by using simple shell models…

Space Physics · Physics 2022-10-12 Sharad K Yadav , Hideaki Miura , Rahul Pandit

We present a phenomenological model of imbalanced MHD turbulence in an incompressible magnetofluid. The steady-state cascades, of waves traveling in opposite directions along the mean magnetic field, carry unequal energy fluxes to small…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Yoram Lithwick , Peter Goldreich , S. Sridhar

In the near future, Parker Solar Probe will put theories about the dynamics and nature of the transition between the solar corona and the solar wind to stringent tests. The most popular mechanism aimed to explain the dynamics of the nascent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 N. Magyar , V. M. Nakariakov

We present results of numerical simulation of the direct cascade in two-dimensional hydrodynamic turbulence (with spatial resolution up to $16384 \times 16384$). If at the earlier stage (at the time of order of the inverse pumping growth…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-05-24 E. A. Kuznetsov , E. V. Sereshchenko

We provide a consistent theory of the tachocline confinement (or anisotropic momentum transport) within an hydrodynamical turbulence model. The goal is to explain helioseismological data, which show that the solar tachocline thickness is at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Nicolas Leprovost , Eun-Jin Kim

The first estimation of the energy cascade rate ${|\epsilon_C|}$ of magnetosheath turbulence is obtained using the CLUSTER and THEMIS spacecraft data and an exact law of compressible isothermal magnetohydrodynamics turbulence.…

Space Physics · Physics 2018-02-07 Lina Hadid , Fouad Sahraoui , Sebastien Galtier , Shiyong Huang

The complex interplay between turbulence, magnetic fields, and self-gravity leads to the formation of molecular clouds out of the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM). One avenue of studying this interplay is by analyzing statistical features…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-22 Frank Otto , Weiguang Ji , Hua-bai Li