Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and implications for solar coronal heating

被引:82
作者
Hendrix, DL
VanHoven, G
机构
[1] Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine
关键词
methods; numerical; MHD; Sun; corona; turbulence;
D O I
10.1086/177663
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
During the course of an investigation of coronal heating, we have performed three-dimensional numerical simulations using the model proposed by Parker (1972, 1994), and have studied its ultimate dynamic magnetic-reconnection dissipation mechanism. Our findings suggest that magnetohydrodynamic turbulence plays an important role in the form of the energy spectrum and, hence, in the ohmic heating.
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