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耗散区太阳风Turbulence谱突变与行星弓激波上游谱颠簸的关系

Relating the Solar Wind Turbulence Spectral Break at the Dissipation Range with an Upstream Spectral Bump at Planetary Bow Shocks

Michael Terres, Gang Li

摘要:

在远大于离子惯性尺度和热质子回旋半径的尺度上,磁流体动力学(MHD)理论能够很好地描述太阳风湍流的性质。湍流谱本身由体现能量级联过程的幂律定义。在湍流谱中的一个突破发展近离子尺度,信号的能量耗散的开始。光谱断裂的确切机制仍然是一个争论的问题。在这项工作中,我们使用的20赫兹\textit{MESSENGER}磁场数据在四个行星飞掠在不同的日心距离检查的性质的光谱中断的太阳风。通过仔细选择航天器轨道,我们将在$0.3$ ~ $0.7$ Hz范围内发现的太阳风MHD湍流的谱突变频率与行星弓形激波上游频率为$\sim 1$ Hz的著名特征谱隆起联系起来。从\textit{MESSENGER}观测中发现了三次行星飞掠期间的光谱突变和光谱颠簸,日心距离在$0.3$到$0.7$ au的范围内。\textit{MESSENGER}的观测结果由一个在1天文单位的\textit{MMS}观测结果补充。我们发现,频谱碰撞频率的频谱中断频率的比率似乎是$r$ -和$B$ -独立的。由此,我们假设谱突变的波数和谱凸的频率对磁场强度$|B|$具有相同的依赖性。我们的工作的性质的突破规模的影响进行了讨论。

英文摘要:

At scales much larger than the ion inertial scale and the gyro-radius of thermal protons, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) theory is well equipped to describe the nature of solar wind turbulence. The turbulent spectrum itself is defined by a power-law manifesting the energy cascading process. A break in the turbulence spectrum develops near ion scales, signaling the onset of energy dissipation. The exact mechanism for the spectral break is still a matter of debate. In this work, we use the 20 Hz \textit{MESSENGER} magnetic field data during four planetary flybys at different heliocentric distances to examine the nature of the spectral break in the solar wind. %By carefully selecting the spacecraft trajectory, We relate the spectral break frequencies of the solar wind MHD turbulence, found in the range of $0.3$ to $0.7$ Hz, with the well-known characteristic spectral bump at frequencies $\sim 1$ Hz upstream of planetary bow shocks. Spectral breaks and spectral bumps during three planetary flybys are identified from the \textit{MESSENGER} observations, with heliocentric distances in the range of $0.3$ to $0.7$ au. The \textit{MESSENGER} observations are complemented by one \textit{MMS} observation made at 1 au. We find that the ratio of the spectral bump frequency to the spectral break frequency appears to be $r$- and $B$- independent. From this, we postulate that the wavenumber of the spectral break and the frequency of the spectral bump have the same dependence on the magnetic field strength $|B|$. The implication of our work on the nature of the break scale is discussed.

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