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Alfv\'{e}n wave collisions are the primary building blocks of the non-relativistic turbulence that permeates the heliosphere and low-to-moderate energy astrophysical systems. However, many astrophysical systems such as gamma-ray bursts,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-24 J. M. TenBarge , B. Ripperda , A. Chernoglazov , A. Bhattacharjee , J. F. Mahlmann , E. R. Most , J. Juno , Y. Yuan , A. A. Philippov

In this Letter, weak turbulence theory is used to investigate interactions among Alfven waves and fast and slow magnetosonic waves in collisionless low-beta plasmas. The wave kinetic equations are derived from the equations of…

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

In the study of weakly turbulent wave systems possessing incomplete self-similarity it is possible to use dimensional arguments to derive the scaling exponents of the Kolmogorov-Zakharov spectra, provided the order of the resonant wave…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 Colm Connaughton , Sergey Nazarenko , Alan C. Newell

This study investigates chaotic diffusion in multi-scale turbulence driven by nonlinear wave-particle resonance coupling. Turbulent waves with distinct characteristic wavelengths across scales coherently interact with charged particles when…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-04-22 Yueheng Huang , Nong Xiang , Jiale Chen , Zong Xu

The question of the relative importance of coherent structures and waves has for a long time attracted a great deal of interest in astrophysical plasma turbulence research, with a more recent focus on kinetic scale dynamics. Here we utilize…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-08-30 D. Groselj , C. H. K. Chen , A. Mallet , R. Samtaney , K. Schneider , F. Jenko

Many astrophysical fluids are magnetized and turbulent. Such fluids can be often described by magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). In this review, we mainly consider MHD turbulence with a strong mean magnetic field whose energy density is greater…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-25 Jungyeon Cho

A Hamiltonian two-field gyrofluid model for kinetic Alfv\'en waves (KAWs) in a magnetized electron-proton plasma, retaining ion finite-Larmor-radius corrections and parallel magnetic field fluctuations, is used to study the inverse cascades…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-04-01 George Miloshevich , Dimitri Laveder , Thierry Passot , Pierre-Louis Sulem

Turbulence is a complex physical process prevalent in modern physics, particularly in ionized environments like interstellar gas, where magnetic fields play a dynamic role. However, the precise influence of magnetic fields in such settings…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-12 Guang-Xing Li , Mengke Zhao

Collisionless regime kinetic models for coherent nonlinear Alfven wave dynamics are studied using fluid moment equations with an approximate closure anzatz. Resonant particle effects are modelled by incorporating an additional term…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. V. Medvedev , P. H. Diamond

A dynamical approach, rather than the usual statistical approach, is taken to explore the physical mechanisms underlying the nonlinear transfer of energy, the damping of the turbulent fluctuations, and the development of coherent structures…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 G. G. Howes

Alfv\'enic turbulence in space is usually imbalanced: amplitudes of waves propagating parallel and anti-parallel to the mean magnetic field $B_0$ are unequal. It is commonly accepted that the turbulence is driven by (counter-)collisions…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-11-29 Yuriy Voitenko , Johan De Keyser

We study the nonlinear evolution of very oblique small-scale Alfv\'en waves with $k_\perp d_i\gtrsim 1$. At these scales, the waves become significantly compressive, unlike in MHD, due to the Hall term in the equations. We demonstrate that…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-03-28 Alfred Mallet , Seth Dorfman , Mel Abler , Trevor Bowen , Christopher H. K. Chen

Weakly nonlinear internal wave-wave interaction is a key mechanism that cascades energy from large to small scales, leading to ocean turbulence and mixing. Oceans typically have a non-uniform density stratification profile; moreover,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-07-13 Saranraj Gururaj , Anirban Guha

We propose a mechanism whereby the intense, sheet-like structures naturally formed by dynamically aligning Alfv\'enic turbulence are destroyed by magnetic reconnection at a scale $\hat{\lambda}_{\rm D}$, larger than the dissipation scale…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 A. Mallet , A. A. Schekochihin , B. D. G. Chandran

The large-scale dynamics of most conventional space and astrophysical plasmas are predominantly governed by Alfv\'en modes, which are low-frequency magnetohydrodynamic modes existing in magnetized media. At scales smaller than the ion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-26 Stanislav Boldyrev , Mikhail Medvedev

A large-scale spanwise and wall-normal array of sonic anemometers in the atmospheric surface layer is used to acquire all three components of instantaneous fluctuating velocity as well as temperature in a range of stability conditions.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-06-08 Xuebo Li , Nicholas Hutchins , Xiaojing Zheng , Ivan Marusic , Woutijn J. Baars

The magnetic energy of nonlinear Alfven waves in compressible plasmas may be ponderomotively coupled only to ion-acoustic quasi-modes which modulate the wave phase velocity and cause wave-front steepening. In the collisionless plasma with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. V. Medvedev

Space plasmas are dominated by the presence of large-amplitude waves, large-scale inhomogeneities, kinetic effects and turbulence. Beside the homogeneous turbulence, generation of small scale fluctuations can take place also in other…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-02-22 F. Valentini , C. L. Vasconez , O. Pezzi , S. Servidio , F. Malara , F. Pucci

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 present a set of three-dimensional (3D) direct numerical simulations of incompressible decaying magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in which we investigate the influence of an external uniform magnetic field B_0. A parametric study in terms…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 Barbara Bigot , Sebastien Galtier , Helene Politano