A prescription for the turbulent heating of astrophysical plasmas

Details A prescription for the turbulent heating of astrophysical plasmas A prescription for the turbulent heating of astrophysical plasmas

2010-09-21

arxiv.org/abs/1009.4212v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

5 pages, 4 figures, Accepted to Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society Letters

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The ratio of ion to electron heating due to the dissipation of Alfvenic turbulence in astrophysical plasmas is calculated based on a cascade model for turbulence in weakly collisional plasmas. Conditions for validity of this model are discussed, a prescription for the turbulent heating is presented, and it is applied to predict turbulent heating in accretion disks and the interstellar medium.

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