Articolo in rivista, 2017, ENG, 10.3847/1538-4357/834/2/166
Pezzi, O.; Parashar, T. N.; Servidio, S.; Valentini, F.; Vasconez, C. L.; Yang, Y.; Malara, F.; Matthaeus, W. H.; Veltri, P.
Univ Calabria; Univ Delaware; Escuela Politec Nacl
The interaction of two colliding Alfven wave packets is described here by means of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and hybrid kinetic numerical simulations. The MHD evolution revisits the theoretical insights described by Moffatt, Parker, Kraichnan, Chandrasekhar, and Elsasser in which the oppositely propagating large-amplitude wave packets interact for a finite time, initiating turbulence. However, the extension to include compressive and kinetic effects, while maintaining the gross characteristics of the simpler classic formulation, also reveals intriguing features that go beyond the pure MHD treatment.
The Astrophysical journal 834 (2)
magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), plasmas, solar wind
ID: 439098
Year: 2017
Type: Articolo in rivista
Creation: 2020-12-15 12:24:08.000
Last update: 2020-12-15 12:24:08.000
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CNR OAI-PMH: oai:it.cnr:prodotti:439098
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/834/2/166
ISI Web of Science (WOS): 000400138600004