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 …

[HTML][HTML] Energy transfer, pressure tensor, and heating of kinetic plasma

Y Yang, WH Matthaeus, TN Parashar… - Physics of …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Kinetic plasma turbulence cascade spans multiple scales ranging from macroscopic fluid
flow to sub-electron scales. Mechanisms that dissipate large scale energy, terminate the …

Kinetic energy transfer in compressible isotropic turbulence

J Wang, M Wan, S Chen, S Chen - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2018 - cambridge.org
Kinetic energy transfer in compressible isotropic turbulence is studied using numerical
simulations with solenoidal forcing at turbulent Mach numbers ranging from 0.4 to 1.0 and at …

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 …

In Situ Observation of Hall Magnetohydrodynamic Cascade in Space Plasma

R Bandyopadhyay, L Sorriso-Valvo, A Chasapis… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
We present estimates of the turbulent energy-cascade rate derived from a Hall-
magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) third-order law. We compute the contribution from the Hall …

Role of the plasmoid instability in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

C Dong, L Wang, YM Huang, L Comisso… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
The plasmoid instability in evolving current sheets has been widely studied due to its effects
on the disruption of current sheets, the formation of plasmoids, and the resultant fast …

Scale dependence of energy transfer in turbulent plasma

Y Yang, M Wan, WH Matthaeus… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
In the context of space and astrophysical plasma turbulence and particle heating, several
vocabularies emerge for estimating turbulent energy dissipation rate, including Kolmogorov …

Particle energization in relativistic plasma turbulence: solenoidal versus compressive driving

V Zhdankin - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Many high-energy astrophysical systems contain magnetized collisionless plasmas with
relativistic particles, in which turbulence can be driven by an arbitrary mixture of solenoidal …

Statistics of kinetic dissipation in the Earth's magnetosheath: MMS observations

R Bandyopadhyay, WH Matthaeus, TN Parashar… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
A familiar problem in space and astrophysical plasmas is to understand how dissipation and
heating occurs. These effects are often attributed to the cascade of broadband turbulence …

Compressible Turbulence in the Near-Sun Solar Wind: Parker Solar Probe's First Eight Perihelia

ME Cuesta, R Chhiber, X Fu, S Du… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Many questions remain about the compressibility of solar wind turbulence with respect to its
origins and properties. Low plasma beta (ratio of thermal to magnetic pressure) …