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To explain energy dissipation via turbulence in collisionless, magnetized plasmas, the existence of a dual real- and velocity-space cascade of ion-entropy fluctuations below the ion gyroradius has been proposed. Such a dual cascade,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-04-11 S. S. Cerri , M. W. Kunz , F. Califano

This paper studies the turbulent cascade of magnetic energy in weakly collisional magnetized plasmas. A cascade model is presented, based on the assumptions of local nonlinear energy transfer in wavenumber space, critical balance between…

We propose an alternative formulation for the exact relations in three-dimensional homogeneous turbulence using two-point statistics. Our finding is illustrated with incompressible hydrodynamic, standard and Hall magnetohydrodynamic…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-12-21 Supratik Banerjee , Sebastien Galtier

Decaying electron magnetohydrodynamic (EMHD) turbulence in three dimensions is studied via high-resolution numerical simulations. The resulting energy spectra asymptotically approach a k^{-2} law with increasing R_B, the ratio of the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 C. J. Wareing , R. Hollerbach

Conceptual and theoretical models describing the dynamics of the atmosphere often assume a hierarchy of dynamic regimes, each operating over some limited range of spatial scales. The largest scales are presumed to be governed by…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2025-10-29 Thomas D. DeWitt , Timothy J. Garrett

We show that a shell-model version of the three-dimensional Hall-magnetohydrodynamic (3D Hall-MHD) equations provides a natural theoretical model for investigating the multiscaling behaviors of velocity and magnetic structure functions. We…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2014-03-19 Debarghya Banerjee , Samriddhi Sankar Ray , Ganapati Sahoo , Rahul Pandit

Using the Parker Solar Probe data taken in the inner heliosphere, we investigate the power and spatial anisotropy of magnetic-field spectra at kinetic scales (i.e., around sub-ion scales) in solar wind turbulence in the inner heliosphere.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-20 S. Y. Huang , S. B. Xu , J. Zhang , F. Sahraoui , N. Andres , J. S. He , Z. G. Yuan , X. H. Deng , K. Jiang , Y. Y. Wei , Q. Y. Xiong , Z. Wang , L. Yu , R. T. Lin

Using turbulent MHD simulations (magnetic Reynolds numbers up to 8000) and Hinode observations, we study effects of turbulence on measuring the solar magnetic field outside active regions. Firstly, from synthetic Stokes V profiles for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Jonathan Pietarila Graham , Sanja Danilovic , Manfred Schuessler

We have investigated the degree to which turbulence in the Very Local Interstellar Clouds resembles the highly-studied turbulence in the solar corona and the solar wind. The turbulence diagnostics for the Local Clouds are the absorption…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 Steven R. Spangler , Allison H. Savage , Seth Redfield

This paper proposes a new phenomenology for strong incompressible MHD turbulence with nonzero cross helicity. This phenomenology is then developed into a quantitative Fokker-Planck model that describes the time evolution of the anisotropic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Benjamin D. G. Chandran

We study the variation of average powers and spectral indices of electric field fluctuations with respect to the angle between average flow direction and the mean magnetic field in solar wind turbulence. Cluster spacecraft data from the…

Space Physics · Physics 2021-11-12 Deepali Deepali , Supratik Banerjee

Recent measurements of solar wind turbulence report the presence of intermittent, exponentially distributed angular discontinuities in the magnetic field. In this Letter, we study whether such discontinuities can be produced by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-15 Vladimir Zhdankin , Stanislav Boldyrev , Joanne Mason , Jean Carlos Perez

We extend the use of the Tsallis statistic to measure the differences in gas dynamics relative to the mean magnetic field present from natural eddy-type motions existing in magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) turbulence. The variation in gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-13 Diego F. González-Casanova , A. Lazarian , J. Cho

We simulate forced quasi-static magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and investigate the anisotropy, energy spectrum, and energy flux of the flow, specially for large interaction parameters ($N$). We show that the angular dependence of the energy…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-02-17 K. Sandeep Reddy , Mahendra K. Verma

We present numerical simulations and explore scalings and anisotropy of compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. Our study covers both gas pressure dominated (high beta) and magnetically dominated (low beta) plasmas at different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 Jungyeon Cho , A. Lazarian

We derive and test a new heuristic theory for third-order structure functions that resolve the forcing scale in the scenario of simultaneous spectral energy transfer to both small and large scales, which can occur naturally in rotating…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-10-02 Jin-Han Xie , Oliver Buhler

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the solar wind is observed to show the spectral behavior of classical Kolmogorov fluid turbulence over an inertial subrange and departures from this at short wavelengths, where energy should be…

Space Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. D. Bale , P. J. Kellogg , F. S. Mozer , T. S. Horbury , H. Reme

We propose a phenomenological theory of incompressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in the presence of a strong large-scale magnetic field, which establishes a link between the known anisotropic models of strong and weak MHD turbulence We…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-09-21 Roland Grappin , Wolf-Christian Müller , Özgür Gürcan

The theory of fully developed turbulence is usually considered in an idealized homogeneous and isotropic state. Real turbulent flows exhibit the effects of anisotropic forcing. The analysis of correlation functions and structure functions…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-31 Itai Arad , Victor S. L'vov , Itamar Procaccia

The properties of bubble-laden turbulent flows at different scales are investigated experimentally, focusing on the flow kinetic energy, energy transfer, and extreme events. The experiments employed particle shadow velocimetry measurements…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-03-02 Tian Ma , Hendrik Hessenkemper , Dirk Lucas , Andrew D. Bragg