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arXiv 0910.3401physics.space-phphysics.plasm-ph
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太阳风等离子体的密度谱

Density Spectrum in the Solar Wind Plasma

Dastgeer Shaikh, G. P. Zank

摘要:

太阳风的密度起伏谱在波数空间中呈现出一种谱斜率为-5/3的类Kolmogorov标度。在磁化太阳风,典型的特点是MHD湍流的能量传递过程中,在扩展的长度尺度仍然是一个悬而未决的矛盾的现代湍流理论,提出了一个问题,如何可压缩磁流体表现出的湍流频谱是不可压缩的流体动力学流体的特性。为了解决这些问题,我们已经进行了三维时间相关的数值模拟描述超Alfvénic,超音速和强磁化等离子体流体的可压缩磁流体。结果表明,Kolmogorov样的密度谱可以开发由Alfvénic级联占主导地位的等离子体运动,而压缩模式耗散。

英文摘要:

The density fluctuation spectrum in the solar wind reveals a Kolmogorov-like scaling with a spectral slope of -5/3 in wavenumber space. The energy transfer process in the magnetized solar wind, characterized typically by MHD turbulence, over extended length-scales remains an unresolved paradox of modern turbulence theories, raising the question of how a compressible magnetofluid exhibits a turbulent spectrum that is characteristic of an incompressible hydrodynamic fluid. To address these questions, we have undertaken three-dimensional time dependent numerical simulations of a compressible magnetohydrodynamic fluid describing super-Alfvénic, supersonic and strongly magnetized plasma fluid. It is shown that a Kolmogorov-like density spectrum can develop by plasma motions that are dominated by Alfvénic cascades whereas compressive modes are dissipated.

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