Interpreting Power Anisotropy Measurements in Plasma Turbulence

Details Interpreting Power Anisotropy Measurements in Plasma Turbulence Interpreting Power Anisotropy Measurements in Plasma Turbulence

2009-09-14

arxiv.org/abs/0909.2683v2

Astrophysical Journal Letters 711 (2010) L79-L83

Physics

Plasma Physics

5 pages, 3 figures, published version

Scientific paper

10.1088/2041-8205/711/2/L79

A relationship is derived between power anisotropy and wavevector anisotropy in turbulent fluctuations. This can be used to interpret plasma turbulence measurements, for example in the solar wind. If fluctuations are anisotropic in shape then the ion gyroscale break point in spectra in the directions parallel and perpendicular to the magnetic field would not occur at the same frequency, and similarly for the electron gyroscale break point. This is an important consideration when interpreting solar wind observations in terms of anisotropic turbulence theories. Model magnetic field power spectra are presented assuming a cascade of critically balanced Alfven waves in the inertial range and kinetic Alfven waves in the dissipation range. The variation of power anisotropy with scale is compared to existing solar wind measurements and the similarities and differences are discussed.

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