On the 2D behavior of 3D MHD with a strong guiding field

Details On the 2D behavior of 3D MHD with a strong guiding field On the 2D behavior of 3D MHD with a strong guiding field

2011-09-09

arxiv.org/abs/1109.2039v1

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Fluid Dynamics

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The Magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) equations in the presence of a guiding magnetic field are investigated by means of direct numerical simulations. The basis of the investigation consists of 9 runs forced at the small scales. The results demonstrate that for a large enough uniform magnetic field the large scale flow behaves as a two dimensional (non-MHD) fluid exhibiting an inverse cascade of energy in the direction perpendicular to the magnetic field, while the small scales behave like a three dimensional MHD-fluid cascading the energy forwards. The amplitude of the inverse cascade is sensitive to the magnetic field amplitude, the domain size, the forcing mechanism, and the forcing scale. All these dependencies are demonstrated by the varying parameters of simulations. Furthermore, in the case that the system is forced anisotropically in the small parallel scales an inverse cascade in the parallel direction is observed that is feeding the 2D modes.

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