Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-10-18
Phys.Rev.Lett.97:221103,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 2 figures. Physical Review Letters, in press
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.221103
We develop a local model for the exponential growth and saturation of the Reynolds and Maxwell stresses in turbulent flows driven by the magnetorotational instability. We first derive equations that describe the effects of the instability on the growth and pumping of the stresses. We highlight the relevance of a new type of correlations that couples the dynamical evolution of the Reynolds and Maxwell stresses and plays a key role in developing and sustaining the magnetorotational turbulence. We then supplement these equations with a phenomenological description of the triple correlations that lead to a saturated turbulent state. We show that the steady-state limit of the model describes successfully the correlations among stresses found in numerical simulations of shearing boxes.
Chan Chi-kwan
Pessah Martin E.
Psaltis Dimitrios
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