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无碰撞等离子体turbulence的全动力学与简化动力学模拟

Fully kinetic versus reduced-kinetic modelling of collisionless plasma turbulence

D. Groselj, S. S. Cerri, A. Banon Navarro, C. Willmott, D. Told, N. F. Loureiro, F. Califano, F. Jenko

摘要:

我们报告的结果之间的直接比较不同的动力学模型的无碰撞等离子体湍流在两个空间维度。考虑的模型包括第一原理全动力学(FK)的描述,两个广泛使用的简化模型[gyrokinetic(GK)和混合动力学(HK)与流体电子],和一种新的简化gyrokinetic方法(KREHM)。考虑两种不同的离子β($β_i$)制度:0.1和0.5。对于$β_i=0.5$,GK和FK模型之间的良好协议被发现在尺度范围从离子到电子回旋半径,从而提供了有力的证据动力学Alfvén级联的情况。在相同的范围内,HK模型产生较浅的光谱斜率,大概是由于缺乏电子朗道阻尼。对于$β_i=0.1$,对谱比的详细分析揭示了GK和FK在动力学尺度上的描述略有不同,尽管动力学阿尔文涨落可能仍然起着重要作用。这种差异可以追溯到离子回旋半径以上的尺度,FK和HK的结果似乎表明在两个等离子体β制度中存在快磁声和离子伯恩斯坦模式,但在低β情况下与GK有更显著的偏差。确定的实际限制和强度的简化动力学近似,在这里与全动力学模型的情况下,在个案的基础上进行比较,可能会提供有价值的洞察力在发挥作用的主要动力学效应在湍流碰撞等离子体,如太阳风。

英文摘要:

We report the results of a direct comparison between different kinetic models of collisionless plasma turbulence in two spatial dimensions. The models considered include a first principles fully-kinetic (FK) description, two widely used reduced models [gyrokinetic (GK) and hybrid-kinetic (HK) with fluid electrons], and a novel reduced gyrokinetic approach (KREHM). Two different ion beta ($β_i$) regimes are considered: 0.1 and 0.5. For $β_i=0.5$, good agreement between the GK and FK models is found at scales ranging from the ion to the electron gyroradius, thus providing firm evidence for a kinetic Alfvén cascade scenario. In the same range, the HK model produces shallower spectral slopes, presumably due to the lack of electron Landau damping. For $β_i=0.1$, a detailed analysis of spectral ratios reveals a slight disagreement between the GK and FK descriptions at kinetic scales, even though kinetic Alfvén fluctuations likely still play a significant role. The discrepancy can be traced back to scales above the ion gyroradius, where the FK and HK results seem to suggest the presence of fast magnetosonic and ion Bernstein modes in both plasma beta regimes, but with a more notable deviation from GK in the low-beta case. The identified practical limits and strengths of reduced-kinetic approximations, compared here against the fully-kinetic model on a case-by-case basis, may provide valuable insight into the main kinetic effects at play in turbulent collisionless plasmas, such as the solar wind.

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