Clustering of passive impurities in MHD turbulence

Details Clustering of passive impurities in MHD turbulence Clustering of passive impurities in MHD turbulence

2009-02-18

arxiv.org/abs/0902.3212v1

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

9 pages, 13 figures

Scientific paper

The transport of heavy, neutral or charged, point-like particles by incompressible, resistive magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is investigated by means of high-resolution numerical simulations. The spatial distribution of such impurities is observed to display strong deviations from homogeneity, both at dissipative and inertial range scales. Neutral particles tend to cluster in the vicinity of coherent vortex sheets due to their viscous drag with the flow, leading to the simultaneous presence of very concentrated and almost empty regions. The signature of clustering is different for charged particles. These exhibit in addition to the drag the Lorentz-force. The regions of spatial inhomogeneities change due to attractive and repulsive vortex sheets. While small charges increase clustering, larger charges have a reverse effect.

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