Journal article
A prescription for the turbulent heating of astrophysical plasmas
Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Letters, Vol.409(1), pp.L104-L108
09/21/2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2010.00958.x
Abstract
The ratio of ion to electron heating due to the dissipation of Alfvenic
turbulence in astrophysical plasmas is calculated based on a cascade model for
turbulence in weakly collisional plasmas. Conditions for validity of this model
are discussed, a prescription for the turbulent heating is presented, and it is
applied to predict turbulent heating in accretion disks and the interstellar
medium.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A prescription for the turbulent heating of astrophysical plasmas
- Creators
- Gregory G Howes - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Letters, Vol.409(1), pp.L104-L108
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2010.00958.x
- ISSN
- 1745-3925
- eISSN
- 1745-3933
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/21/2010
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984199758502771
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