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According to modern developments in turbulence theory, the "dissipation" scales (u.v. cut-offs) $\eta$ form a random field related to velocity increments $\delta_{\eta}u$. In this work we, using Mellin's transform combined with the Gaussain…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-11 Victor Yakhot

Probability Distributions Functions (PDFs) of fluctuations of plasma edge parameters are skewed curves fairly different from normal distributions, whose shape appears almost independent of the plasma conditions and devices. We start from a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-04-23 F. Sattin

The statistical properties of the $E \times B$ flux in different types of plasma turbulence simulations are investigated using probability density distribution functions (PDF). The physics included in the models ranges from two dimensional…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Volker Naulin , Odd Erik Garcia , Anders Henry Nielsen , Jens Juul Rasmussen

Turbulent flows preferentially concentrate inertial particles depending on their stopping time or Stokes number, which can lead to significant spatial variations in the particle concentration. Cascade models are one way to describe this…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-04-26 Thomas Hartlep , Jeffrey N. Cuzzi , Brian Weston

We investigate the statistics of turbulence in emulsions of two-immiscible fluids of same density. We compute for the first time velocity increments between points conditioned to be located in the same phase or in different phases and…

The probability distributions (PDFs) of the differences of any physical variable in the intermittent, turbulent interplanetary medium are scale dependent. Strong non-Gaussianity of solar wind fluctuations applies for short time-lag…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. P. Leubner , Z. Voros

The non-Gaussian normal diffusion, i.e., the probability distribution function (PDF) is non-Gaussian but the mean squared displacement (MSD) depends on time linearly, has been observed in particle motions. Here we show by numerical…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2016-04-06 Jianjin Wang , Yong Zhang , Hong Zhao

We used magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of interstellar turbulence to study the probability distribution functions (PDFs) of increments of density, velocity, and magnetic field. We found that the PDFs are well described by a Tsallis…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-08-04 A. Esquivel , A. Lazarian

We investigate the single-point velocity probability density function (PDF) in three-dimensional fully developed homogeneous isotropic turbulence within the framework of PDF equations focussing on deviations from Gaussianity. A joint…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2011-02-18 Michael Wilczek , Anton Daitche , Rudolf Friedrich

Experimental results for the evolution of the probability distribution function (PDF) of a scalar mixed by a turbulence flow in a channel are presented. The sequence of PDF from an initial skewed distribution to a sharp Gaussian is found to…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Antoine Venaille , Joel Sommeria

Random advection of Lagrangian tracer scalar field $\theta (t,x)$ by a one-dimensional, spatially smooth and short-correlated in time velocity field is considered. Scalar fluctuations are maintained by a source concentrated at the integral…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Chertkov , I. Kolokolov , M. Vegrassola

By means of the multifractal analysis (MFA), the expressions of the probability density functions (PDFs) are unified in a compact analytical formula which is valid for various quantities in turbulence. It is shown that the formula can…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Toshihico Arimitsu , Naoko Arimitsu

Numerical evidence of non-diffusive transport in three-dimensional, resistive pressure-gradient-driven plasma turbulence is presented. It is shown that the probability density function (pdf) of test particles' radial displacements is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. del-Castillo-Negrete , B. A. Carreras , V. E. Lynch

The statistical properties of the dissipation process constrain the analysis of large scale numerical simulations of three dimensional incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, such as those of Biskamp and Muller [Phys. Plasmas…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. A. Merrifield , W. -C. Muller , S. C. Chapman , R. O. Dendy

We study the observable signatures of self-gravitating MHD turbulence by applying the probability density functions (PDFs) and the spatial density power spectrum to synthetic column density maps. We find that there exists three…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Blakesley Burkhart , David C. Collins , Alex Lazarian

The solar wind provides a natural laboratory for observations of MHD turbulence over extended temporal scales. Here, we apply a model independent method of differencing and rescaling to identify self-similarity in the Probability Density…

Space Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Bogdan Hnat , Sandra C. Chapman , George Rowlands

The phenomenology of velocity statistics in turbulent flows, up to now, relates to different models dealing with either signed or unsigned longitudinal velocity increments, with either inertial or dissipative fluctuations. In this paper, we…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Chevillard , B. Castaing , E. Leveque , A. Arneodo

The probability distribution functions of the circulation of velocity in three-dimensional decaying isotropic turbulence are examined by the database of the numerical simulation based on the pseudospectral method. It is shown that the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 Makoto Umeki

Plasma density fluctuations in the edge plasma of the RFX-mod device are measured through the Gas Puffing Imaging Diagnostics. Statistical features of the signal are quantified in terms of the Probability Distribution Function (PDF), and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Sattin , P. Scarin , M. Agostini , R. Cavazzana , G. Serianni , M. Spolaore , N. Vianello

The probability density function (PDF) of accelerations in turbulence is derived analytically with the help of the multifractal analysis based on generalized entropy, i.e., the Tsallis or the R\'{e}nyi entropy. It is shown that the derived…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Arimitsu , N. Arimitsu