Intermittent turbulence in the solar wind

Details Intermittent turbulence in the solar wind Intermittent turbulence in the solar wind

Apr 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jgr....96.5847b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 96, April 1, 1991, p. 5847-5851.

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Kolmogoroff Theory, Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence, Scaling Laws, Solar Wind, Gas Dynamics, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Kinetic Energy, Turbulence Models

Scientific paper

This paper demonstrates the existence of intermittent turbulence in the solar wind at 8.5 AU. The pth-order velocity structure functions show scaling behavior in the range of periods from 0.85 hour to 13.6 hours for p of less than 20. The exponent of the scaling law s(p) is a quadratic function of p. These observations of s(p) for compressible MHD turbulence on a scale of the order of about 1 AU are consistent with laboratory measurements of s(p) for gasdynamic turbulence on a scale of the order of 1 m, indicating the universal character of intermittent turbulence. The observations are not described by the 'constant beta' model of intermittent turbulence. They are marginally consistent with the lognormal model. The observations are consistent with a random beta model prediction which assumes that the turbulence is a mixture of sheets and space-filling eddies.

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