Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agufmsh21a0729b&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001, abstract #SH21A-0729
Physics
Plasma Physics
2100 Interplanetary Physics, 2149 Mhd Waves And Turbulence, 2164 Solar Wind Plasma, 7800 Space Plasma Physics, 7863 Turbulence
Scientific paper
Interplanetary magnetic field directional fluctuations clearly show their intermittent character on time scales ranging from several minutes to the instrument time resolution. It has also been shown that intermittency increases with radial distance from the Sun and that most of these events are represented by tangential discontinuities separating regions of plasma (flux tubes) not necessarily in pressure balance. In this work we show how the radial behavior of intermittency is mainly due to the competing action of stochastic Alfvénic fluctuations and coherent structures convected by the wind. A comparison between fast (Alfvénic) and slow (non-Alfvénic) wind strongly supports this view.
Bavassano Bruno
Bruno Roberto
Carbone Vincenzo
Pietropaolo Ermanno
Sorriso-Valvo Luca
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