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A nonlinear two dimensional fluid model of whistler turbulence is developed that nonlinearly couples wave magnetic field with electron density perturbations. This coupling leads essentially to finite compressibility effects in whistler…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Dastgeer Shaikh

We propose a phenomenological model for incompressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. We argue that nonlinear-wave interaction weakens as the energy cascade proceeds to small scales, however, the anisotropy of fluctuations along the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Stanislav Boldyrev

We investigate the steepening of the magnetic fluctuation power law spectra observed in the inner solar wind for frequencies higher than 0.5 Hz. This high frequency part of the spectrum may be attributed to dispersive nonlinear processes.…

Space Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Galtier

Spatiotemporal properties of two-dimensional (2D) Hall-magnetohydrodynamic turbulence at intermediate plasma $\beta=2$ are studied by means of Fast Iterative Filtering, a new technique for the decomposition of nonstationary nonlinear…

Turbulence in rotating Magneto-hydrodynamic systems is studied theoretically and numerically. In the linear limit, when the velocity and magnetic perturbations are small, the system supports two types of waves. When the rotation effects are…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Nicholas Bell , Sergey Nazarenko

One of the most important predictions in magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is that in the presence of a uniform magnetic field $\textbf{b}_{0}$ a transition from weak to strong wave turbulence should occur when going from large to small…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-03-23 Romain Meyrand , Sebastien Galtier , Khurom H. Kiyani

The interplay between electron-scale and ion-scale phenomena is of general interest for both laboratory and space plasma physics. In this paper we investigate the linear coupling between whistler waves and slow magnetosonic solitons through…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-03-20 Anna Tenerani , Francesco Califano , Francesco Pegoraro , Olivier Le Contel

We consider the weak turbulence of whistler waves in the in low-\beta\ inner magnetosphere of the Earth. Whistler waves with frequencies, originating in the ionosphere, propagate radially outward and can trigger nonlinear induced scattering…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-03-23 C. Crabtree , L. Rudakov , G. Ganguli , M. Mithaiwala , V. Galinsky , V. Shevchenko

Turbulence in the magnetized plasma is well understood to be the consequence of wave interactions. When the Hall effect is added to the minimum magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), the MHD waves become dispersive and different nonlinear interactions…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-02-19 Erik C. Hansen , Prerana Sharma , Swadesh M. Mahajan

The dissipation of magnetized turbulence is fundamental to understanding energy transfer and heating in astrophysical systems. Collisionless interactions, such as resonant wave-particle process, are known to play a role in shaping turbulent…

A weak turbulence theory is derived for magnetohydrodynamics under rapid rotation and in the presence of a large-scale magnetic field. The angular velocity $\Omega_0$ is assumed to be uniform and parallel to the constant Alfv\'en speed…

Geophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Sebastien Galtier

We present waveform observations of electromagnetic lower hybrid and whistler waves with f_ci << f < f_ce downstream of four supercritical interplanetary (IP) shocks using the Wind search coil magnetometer. The whistler waves were observed…

When magnetohydrodynamic turbulence evolves in the presence of a large-scale mean magnetic field, an anisotropy develops relative to that preferred direction. The well-known tendency is to develop stronger gradients perpendicular to the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Rohit Chhiber , William H. Matthaeus , Sean Oughton , Tulasi N. Parashar

The nonlinear evolution of an ion ring instability in a low-beta magnetospheric plasma is considered. The evolution of the two-dimensional ring distribution is essentially quasilinear. Ignoring nonlinear processes the time-scale for the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 M. Mithaiwala , L. Rudakov1 , G. Ganguli , C. Crabtree

Whistler waves are present in solar wind plasma. These waves possess characteristic turbulent fluctuations that are characterized typically by the frequency and length scales that are respectively bigger than ion gyro frequency and smaller…

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

We investigate the properties of plasma turbulence by means of two-dimensional Hall-magnetohydrodynamic (HMHD) and hybrid particle-in-cell (HPIC) numerical simulations. We find that HMHD simulations exhibit spectral properties that are in…

The solar wind and the interstellar medium are permeated by large-scale magnetic fields that render magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence anisotropic. In the weak-turbulence limit in which three-wave interactions dominate, analytical and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-06 C. S. Ng , A. Bhattacharjee

Nonlinear three dimensional, time dependent, fluid simulations of whistler wave turbulence are performed to investigate role of whistler waves in solar wind plasma turbulence in which characteristic turbulent fluctuations are characterized…

Space Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Dastgeer Shaikh

Intermittency is investigated using decaying direct numerical simulations of incompressible weak magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with a strong uniform magnetic field ${\bf b_0}$ and zero cross-helicity. At leading order, this regime is…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2014-09-09 Romain Meyrand , Khurom H. Kiyani , Sebastien Galtier

A linear theory of whistler wave is developed wihtin the paradigm of a two dimensional incompressible electron magnetohydrodynamics model. Exact analytic wave solutions are obtained for a small amplitude whistler wave that exhibit magnetic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Dastgeer Shaikh
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