The anisotropy of electron magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

被引:164
作者
Cho, J
Lazarian, A
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Canadian Inst Theoret Astrophys, Toronto, ON M5S 3H8, Canada
[2] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Astron, Madison, WI 53706 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
acceleration of particles; MHD; turbulence;
D O I
10.1086/425215
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present numerical studies of three-dimensional electron magnetohydrodynamic (EMHD) turbulence. We investigate the cascade timescale and anisotropy of freely decaying, strong EMHD turbulence with zero electron skin depth. The cascade time scales with k(-4/3). Our numerical results clearly show scale-dependent anisotropy. We find that the observed anisotropy is consistent with k(parallel to) proportional to k(perpendicular to)(1/3), where k(parallel to) and k(perpendicular to) are wavenumbers parallel and perpendicular to (local) mean magnetic field, respectively.
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页码:L41 / L44
页数:4
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