Free energy cascade in gyrokinetic turbulence

Details Free energy cascade in gyrokinetic turbulence Free energy cascade in gyrokinetic turbulence

2010-08-24

arxiv.org/abs/1008.3974v1

Physics

Plasma Physics

4 pages, 2 Postscript figures

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In gyrokinetic theory, the quadratic nonlinearity is known to play an important role in the dynamics by redistributing (in a conservative fashion) the free energy between the various active scales. In the present study, the free energy transfer is analyzed for the case of ion temperature gradient driven turbulence. It is shown that it shares many properties with the energy transfer in fluid turbulence. In particular, one finds a forward (from large to small scales), extremely local, and self-similar cascade of free energy in the plane perpendicular to the background magnetic field. These findings shed light on some fundamental properties of plasma turbulence, and encourage the development of large eddy simulation techniques for gyrokinetics.

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