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    MHD-Kinetic Transition in Imbalanced Alfvénic Turbulence

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    Voitenko, Y.
    De Keyser, J.
    Discipline
    Physical sciences
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2016
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    Alfvénic turbulence in space is usually imbalanced: amplitudes of waves propagating parallel and anti-parallel to the mean magnetic field B0 are unequal. It is commonly accepted that the turbulence is driven by (counter-) collisions between these counter-propagating wave fractions. Contrary to this, we found a new ion-scale dynamical range of the turbulence established by (co-)collisions among waves co-propagating in the same direction along B0. Co-collisions become stronger than counter-collisions and produce steep non-universal spectra above certain wavenumbers dependent on the imbalance. Spectral indexes of the strong turbulence vary around ≳-3, such that steeper spectra follow larger imbalances. Intermittency steepens the -3 spectra further, up to -3.7. Our theoretical predictions are compatible with steep variable spectra observed in the solar wind at ion kinetic scales, but further verifications are needed by correlating observed spectra with measured imbalances.
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    Voitenko, Y.; De Keyser, J. (2016). MHD-Kinetic Transition in Imbalanced Alfvénic Turbulence. , Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 832, Issue 2, L20, DOI: 10.3847/2041-8205/832/2/L20.
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    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/4688
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/832/2/L20
    scopus: 2-s2.0-85000796436
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    Article
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    Language
    eng
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