Physics
Scientific paper
May 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001phpl....8.2377d&link_type=abstract
Physics of Plasmas, Volume 8, Issue 5, pp. 2377-2384 (2001).
Physics
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Plasma Turbulence, Magnetohydrodynamic And Fluid Equation, Magnetic Reconnection, Plasma Simulation, Magnetohydrodynamics, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves
Scientific paper
In a number of space and astrophysical plasmas, turbulence is driven by the supply of wave energy. In the context of incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) there are basic physical reasons, associated with conservation of cross helicity, why this kind of driving may be ineffective in sustaining turbulence. Here an investigation is made into some basic requirements for sustaining steady turbulence and dissipation in the context of incompressible MHD in a weakly inhomogeneous open field line region, driven by the supply of unidirectionally propagating waves at a boundary. While such wave driving cannot alone sustain turbulence, the addition of reflection permits sustainment. Another sustainment issue is the action of the nonpropagating or quasi-two dimensional part of the spectrum; this is particularly important in setting up a steady cascade. Thus, details of the wave boundary conditions also affect the ease of sustaining a cascade. Supply of a broadband spectrum of waves can overcome the latter difficulty but not the former, that is, the need for reflections. Implications for coronal heating and other astrophysical applications, as well as simulations, are suggested.
Dmitruk Pablo
Matthaeus William H.
Milano Leonardo J.
Oughton Sean
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