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Theory of Strongly Turbulent Two-Dimensional Cross Field Convection of Current Carrying Space Plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

M. J. Keskinen
M. J. Keskinen*
Affiliation:
Geophysical and Plasma Dynamics Branch, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375

Abstract

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The “direct interaction approximation” of Kraichnan as modified by Kadomtsev is employed to develop a two-dimensional strong turbulence theory which predicts both nonlinear frequency broadening and a power law for the spectrum of a convecting plasma containing a gravitationally induced cross field current. These results are favorably compared with experimental observations, numerical simulations, and previous studies1 of turbulent cross field convection of current-carrying plasma.

Type
Session VII
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 107: Unstable Current Systems and Plasma Instabilities , 1985 , pp. 475
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985 

References

1. Sudan, R.N. and Keskinen, M.J., Phys. Fluids, 22, 2305, 1979; Keskinen, M.J., Phys. Rev. Lett., 47, 344, 1981.Google Scholar