Journal article
Analysis of Magnetic Fields in Inertial Alfven Wave Collisions
IEEE transactions on plasma science, Vol.42(10), pp.2534-2535
06/12/2014
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2014.2321996
Abstract
IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 42, 2534 (2014) Turbulence in astrophysical and space plasmas is dominated by the nonlinear
interaction of counterpropagating Alfven waves. Most Alfven wave turbulence
theories have been based on ideal plasma models, such as incompressible MHD,
for Alfven waves at large scales. However, in the inertial Alfven wave regime
(vA > vthe), relevant to magnetospheric plasmas, how the turbulent nonlinear
interactions are modified by the dispersive nature of the waves remains to be
explored. Here we present the first laboratory evidence of the nonlinear
interaction in the inertial regime. A comparison is made with the theory for
MHD Alfven waves.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Analysis of Magnetic Fields in Inertial Alfven Wave Collisions
- Creators
- Dereth J Drake - Valdosta State UniversityJames W. R Schroeder - University of IowaBrian C Shanken - Valdosta State UniversityGregory G Howes - University of IowaFrederick Skiff - University of IowaCraig A Kletzing - University of IowaTroy A Carter - University of California, Los AngelesSeth Dorfman - University of California, Los Angeles
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- IEEE transactions on plasma science, Vol.42(10), pp.2534-2535
- DOI
- 10.1109/TPS.2014.2321996
- ISSN
- 0093-3813
- eISSN
- 1939-9375
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000001, name: National Science Foundation (NSF), award: PHY-10033446; name: NSF CAREER, award: AGS-1054061, PHY-0547572; DOI: 10.13039/100000104, name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, award: NNX10AC91G
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/12/2014
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984199847902771
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