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电子MHD:动力学和turbulence

Electron MHD: dynamics and turbulence

Maxim Lyutikov

摘要:

本文在无惯性电子磁流体力学(EMHD)的框架内研究哨声模的动力学和湍流相互作用。我们认为在EMHD中没有能量原理:任何静止的闭合位形都是中性稳定的。我们考虑了哨声模式的湍流级联。我们证明了(i)谐波哨声是精确的非线性解;(ii)共线哨声不相互作用(iii)具有相同波矢量值$k_1=k_2$的波不相互作用;(iv)哨声模式具有允许三波衰减(包括到零频率模式)的色散;(v)三波相互作用有效地耦合具有高度不同的波数和传播角的模式。此外,哨声与单个零模的线性相互作用可以通过参数不稳定性导致空间发散结构。所有这些性质都与MHD有很大的不同,因此Alfven湍流的定性性质不能转移到EMHD湍流中。推导了电磁流体力学的哈密顿公式,并利用Bogolyubov变换将其化为正则形式,计算了哨声三波相互作用的矩阵元。我们数值求解的动力学方程,并表明,一般情况下,EMHD级联发展在一个广泛的角度范围内,而瞬态它可能会显示各向异性,近二维结构。级联的发展取决于强迫(非普遍的),往往无法达到稳定状态。分析估计预测的磁波动的准各向同性级联$\propto k^{-2}$的频谱。级联仍然很弱(未达到临界平衡)。级联是UV局部的,而红外局部性被弱地(光学地)违反。

英文摘要:

(Abridged) We consider dynamics and turbulent interaction of whistler modes within the framework of inertialess electron MHD (EMHD). We argue there is no energy principle in EMHD: any stationary closed configuration is neutrally stable. We consider the turbulent cascade of whistler modes. We show that (i) harmonic whistlers are exact non-linear solutions; (ii) co-linear whistlers do not interact (including counter-propagating); (iii) waves with the same value of the wave vector, $k_1=k_2$, do not interact; (iv) whistler modes have a dispersion that allows a three-wave decay, including into a zero frequency mode; (v) the three-wave interaction effectively couples modes with highly different wave numbers and propagation angles. In addition, linear interaction of a whistler with a single zero-mode can lead to spatially divergent structures via parametric instability. All these properties are drastically different from MHD, so that the qualitative properties of the Alfven turbulence cannot be transferred to the EMHD turbulence. We derive the Hamiltonian formulation of EMHD, and using Bogolyubov transformation reduce it to the canonical form; we calculate the matrix elements for the three-wave interaction of whistlers. We solve numerically the kinetic equation and show that, generally, the EMHD cascade develops within a broad range of angles, while transiently it may show anisotropic, nearly two dimensional structures. Development of a cascade depends on the forcing (non-universal) and often fails to reach a steady state. Analytical estimates predict the spectrum of magnetic fluctuations for the quasi-isotropic cascade $\propto k^{-2}$. The cascade remains weak (not critically-balanced). The cascade is UV-local, while the infrared locality is weakly (logarithmically) violated.

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