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太阳风Turbulence在离子和电子尺度之间的各向异性

Anisotropy of Solar Wind Turbulence between Ion and Electron Scales

C. H. K. Chen, T. S. Horbury, A. A. Schekochihin, R. T. Wicks, O. Alexandrova, J. Mitchell

摘要:

在快速太阳风,离子和电子陀螺标之间的湍流的各向异性,直接观察使用多航天器分析技术。二阶结构函数的计算在不同的角度的本地磁场,垂直和平行于平均场的磁起伏。在这两个分量中,与场S_perp成大角度的结构函数值大于小角度S_par:在垂直分量中S_perp/S_par = 5 +- 1,在平行分量中S_perp/S_par > 3,意味着空间各向异性波动,k_perp > k_par。垂直分量的光谱指数在大角度下为-2.6,在小角度下为-3,与临界平衡哨声和动力学阿尔芬波的预测基本一致。然而,对于平行分量,它比-1.9浅,这比动力学Alfven波级联的预测陡得多。

英文摘要:

The anisotropy of turbulence in the fast solar wind, between the ion and electron gyroscales, is directly observed using a multispacecraft analysis technique. Second order structure functions are calculated at different angles to the local magnetic field, for magnetic fluctuations both perpendicular and parallel to the mean field. In both components, the structure function value at large angles to the field S_perp is greater than at small angles S_par: in the perpendicular component S_perp/S_par = 5 +- 1 and in the parallel component S_perp/S_par > 3, implying spatially anisotropic fluctuations, k_perp > k_par. The spectral index of the perpendicular component is -2.6 at large angles and -3 at small angles, in broad agreement with critically balanced whistler and kinetic Alfven wave predictions. For the parallel component, however, it is shallower than -1.9, which is considerably less steep than predicted for a kinetic Alfven wave cascade.

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