Anisotropy of Solar Wind Turbulence between Ion and Electron Scales

Details Anisotropy of Solar Wind Turbulence between Ion and Electron Scales Anisotropy of Solar Wind Turbulence between Ion and Electron Scales

2010-02-12

arxiv.org/abs/1002.2539v2

Phys.Rev.Lett.104:255002,2010

Physics

Space Physics

4 pages, 4 figures, replaced to match published version

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.255002

The anisotropy of turbulence in the fast solar wind, between the ion and electron gyroscales, is directly observed using a multispacecraft analysis technique. Second order structure functions are calculated at different angles to the local magnetic field, for magnetic fluctuations both perpendicular and parallel to the mean field. In both components, the structure function value at large angles to the field S_perp is greater than at small angles S_par: in the perpendicular component S_perp/S_par = 5 +- 1 and in the parallel component S_perp/S_par > 3, implying spatially anisotropic fluctuations, k_perp > k_par. The spectral index of the perpendicular component is -2.6 at large angles and -3 at small angles, in broad agreement with critically balanced whistler and kinetic Alfven wave predictions. For the parallel component, however, it is shallower than -1.9, which is considerably less steep than predicted for a kinetic Alfven wave cascade.

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