Scaling laws for the energy transfer in space plasma turbulence

R Marino, L Sorriso-Valvo - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
One characteristic trait of space plasmas is the multi-scale dynamics resulting from non-
linear transfers and conversions of various forms of energy. Routinely evidenced in a range …

Turbulence theories and statistical closure approaches

Y Zhou - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
When discussing research in physics and in science more generally, it is common to ascribe
equal importance to the three components of the scientific trinity: theoretical, experimental …

Turbulence in space plasmas: Who needs it?

WH Matthaeus - Physics of Plasmas, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The complex nonlinear dynamical phenomenon described as turbulence, is known to have
a great impact on fluids, magnetohydrodynamic systems, and on plasmas. This paper …

Scaling exponents saturate in three-dimensional isotropic turbulence

KP Iyer, KR Sreenivasan, PK Yeung - Physical Review Fluids, 2020 - APS
From a database of direct numerical simulations of homogeneous and isotropic turbulence,
generated in periodic boxes of various sizes, we extract the spherically symmetric part of …

Pathways to dissipation in weakly collisional plasmas

WH Matthaeus, Y Yang, M Wan… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Observed turbulence in space and astrophysics is expected to involve cascade and
subsequent dissipation and heating. Contrary to standard collisional fluid turbulence, the …

Energy transfer in reconnection and turbulence

S Adhikari, TN Parashar, MA Shay, WH Matthaeus… - Physical Review E, 2021 - APS
Reconnection and turbulence are two of the most commonly observed dynamical processes
in plasmas, but their relationship is still not fully understood. Using 2.5 D kinetic particle-in …

Forcing for statistically stationary compressible isotropic turbulence

MR Petersen, D Livescu - Physics of Fluids, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
Linear forcing has been proposed as a useful method for forced isotropic turbulence
simulations because it is a physically realistic forcing method with a straightforward …

On exact laws in incompressible hall magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

R Ferrand, S Galtier, F Sahraoui… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
A comparison is made between several existing exact laws in incompressible Hall
magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in order to show their equivalence, despite stemming …

Experimental observation of the elastic range scaling in turbulent flow with polymer additives

YB Zhang, E Bodenschatz, H Xu, HD Xi - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
A minute amount of long-chain flexible polymer dissolved in a turbulent flow can drastically
change flow properties, such as reducing the drag and enhancing mixing. One fundamental …

Energy cascade rate in isothermal compressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

N Andrés, F Sahraoui, S Galtier, LZ Hadid… - Journal of Plasma …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Three-dimensional direct numerical simulations are used to study the energy cascade rate
in isothermal compressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. Our analysis is guided by a …