Monday, May 6, 2013

1305.0582 (Stanislav Boldyrev et al.)

On the Physics of Kinetic-Alfven Turbulence    [PDF]

Stanislav Boldyrev, Jean Carlos Perez
Observations reveal nearly power-law spectra of magnetic and density plasma fluctuations at subproton scales in the solar wind, which indicates the presence of a turbulent cascade. We discuss the three-field and two-field models for micro-scale plasma fluctuations, and then present the results of numerical simulations of a two-field model of kinetic-Alfven turbulence, which models plasma motion at sub-proton scales.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.0582

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