A detailed examination of anisotropy and timescales in three-dimensional incompressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

When magnetohydrodynamic turbulence evolves in the presence of a large-scale mean magnetic field, an anisotropy develops relative to that preferred direction. The well-known tendency is to develop stronger gradients perpendicular to the magnetic field, relative to the direction along the field. This...

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description When magnetohydrodynamic turbulence evolves in the presence of a large-scale mean magnetic field, an anisotropy develops relative to that preferred direction. The well-known tendency is to develop stronger gradients perpendicular to the magnetic field, relative to the direction along the field. This anisotropy of the spectrum is deeply connected with the anisotropy of estimated timescales for dynamical processes and requires reconsideration of basic issues such as scale locality and spectral transfer. Here, analysis of high-resolution three-dimensional simulations of unforced magnetohydrodynamic turbulence permits quantitative assessment of the behavior of theoretically relevant timescales in Fourier wavevector space. We discuss the distribution of nonlinear times, Alfvén times, and estimated spectral transfer rates. Attention is called to the potential significance of special regions of the spectrum, such as the two-dimensional limit and the “critical balance” region. A formulation of estimated spectral transfer in terms of a suppression factor supports a conclusion that the quasi-two-dimensional fluctuations (characterized by strong nonlinearities) are not a singular limit, but may be in general expected to make important contributions.
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Plasma physics
Spectra
Three dimensional analysis
title A detailed examination of anisotropy and timescales in three-dimensional incompressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence
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