Scale interactions in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

PD Mininni - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2011 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews recent studies of scale interactions in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence.
The present-day increase of computing power, which allows for the exploration of different …

Critical balance and the physics of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

S Oughton, WH Matthaeus - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
A discussion of the advantages and limitations of the concept of critical balance (CB), as
employed in turbulence phenomenologies, is presented. The incompressible …

Solar magnetic field reversals and the role of dynamo families

ML DeRosa, AS Brun, JT Hoeksema - The Astrophysical Journal, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The variable magnetic field of the solar photosphere exhibits periodic reversals as a result of
dynamo activity occurring within the solar interior. We decompose the surface field as …

Turbulence-driven ion beams in the magnetospheric Kelvin-Helmholtz instability

L Sorriso-Valvo, F Catapano, A Retinò, O Le Contel… - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
The description of the local turbulent energy transfer and the high-resolution ion distributions
measured by the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission together provide a formidable tool to …

Post-dynamical inspiral phase of common envelope evolution-The role of magnetic fields

D Gagnier, O Pejcha - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2024 - aanda.org
During common envelope evolution, an initially weak magnetic field may undergo
amplification by interacting with spiral density waves and turbulence generated in the stellar …

Energy transfer channels and turbulence cascade in Vlasov-Maxwell turbulence

Y Yang, WH Matthaeus, TN Parashar, P Wu, M Wan… - Physical Review E, 2017 - APS
Analysis of the Vlasov-Maxwell equations from the perspective of turbulence cascade
clarifies the role of electromagnetic work, and reveals the importance of the pressure-strain …

Scale interactions and scaling laws in rotating flows at moderate Rossby numbers and large Reynolds numbers

PD Mininni, A Alexakis, A Pouquet - Physics of Fluids, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of rotation is considered to become important when the Rossby number is
sufficiently small, as is the case in many geophysical and astrophysical flows. Here we …

Coarse-grained incompressible magnetohydrodynamics: analyzing the turbulent cascades

H Aluie - New Journal of Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We formulate a coarse-graining approach to the dynamics of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)
fluids at a continuum of length-scales ℓ. In this methodology, effective equations are derived …

Coherent structures and spectral energy transfer in turbulent plasma: a space-filter approach

E Camporeale, L Sorriso-Valvo, F Califano, A Retinò - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
Plasma turbulence at scales of the order of the ion inertial length is mediated by several
mechanisms, including linear wave dam**, magnetic reconnection, the formation and …

Lack of universality in decaying magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

E Lee, ME Brachet, A Pouquet, PD Mininni… - Physical Review E …, 2010 - APS
Using computations of three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence with a
Taylor-Green flow, whose inherent time-independent symmetries are implemented …