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三维不可压缩磁流体力学Turbulence各向异性和时间尺度的详细研究

A Detailed Examination of Anisotropy and Timescales in Three-dimensional Incompressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence

Rohit Chhiber, William H. Matthaeus, Sean Oughton, Tulasi N. Parashar

摘要:

当磁流体动力学湍流在大尺度平均磁场存在下演化时,相对于该优选方向发展各向异性。众所周知的趋势是,相对于沿着磁场的方向,垂直于磁场的梯度会发展得更强。这种频谱的各向异性与动力学过程的估计时间尺度的各向异性密切相关,需要重新考虑尺度局部性和频谱转移等基本问题。在这里分析的高分辨率三维模拟的非受迫磁流体动力学湍流允许定量评估的行为理论上相关的时间尺度在傅立叶波矢量空间。我们讨论的非线性时间,阿尔文时间,估计频谱传输率的分布。注意被称为频谱的特殊区域,如二维极限和“临界平衡”区域的潜在意义。一个公式的估计频谱传输方面的抑制因子支持的结论,准二维波动(其特征在于强非线性)是不是一个奇异的限制,但可能在一般情况下,预计作出重要贡献。

英文摘要:

When magnetohydrodynamic turbulence evolves in the presence of a large-scale mean magnetic field, an anisotropy develops relative to that preferred direction. The well-known tendency is to develop stronger gradients perpendicular to the magnetic field, relative to the direction along the field. This anisotropy of the spectrum is deeply connected with anisotropy of estimated timescales for dynamical processes, and requires reconsideration of basic issues such as scale locality and spectral transfer. Here analysis of high-resolution three-dimensional simulations of unforced magnetohydrodynamic turbulence permits quantitative assessment of the behavior of theoretically relevant timescales in Fourier wavevector space. We discuss the distribution of nonlinear times, Alfvén times, and estimated spectral transfer rates. Attention is called to the potential significance of special regions of the spectrum, such as the two-dimensional limit and the "critical balance" region. A formulation of estimated spectral transfer in terms of a suppression factor supports a conclusion that the quasi two-dimensional fluctuations (characterized by strong nonlinearities) are not a singular limit, but may be in general expected to make important contributions.

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