Scaling of anisotropy in hydromagnetic turbulence

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作者
Matthaeus, WH [1 ]
Oughton, S
Ghosh, S
Hossain, M
机构
[1] Univ Delaware, Bartol Res Inst, Newark, DE 19716 USA
[2] Univ London Univ Coll, Dept Math, London WC1E 6BT, England
[3] Space Applicat Corp, Vienna, VA 22180 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2056
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We present evidence that anisotropy of low frequency plasma turbulence scales linearly with the ratio of fluctuating to total magnetic field strength for a useful range of parameters, for incompressible, weakly compressible, and driven magnetohydrodynamic turbulence.
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页码:2056 / 2059
页数:4
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