Published May 1, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

TRANSPORT EQUATION FOR MHD TURBULENCE: APPLICATION TO PARTICLE ACCELERATION AT INTERPLANETARY SHOCKS

  • 1. Department of AOSS, University of Michigan, 2455 Hayward St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (United States)
  • 2. Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Dr, Honolulu, HI 96822 (United States)
  • 3. NASA-GSFC, Code 673 Greenbelt, MD 20771 (United States)

Description

The aim of the present paper is to unify the various transport equations for turbulent waves that are used in different areas of space physics. Here, we mostly focus on the magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, in particular the Alfvenic turbulence. The applied methods, however, are general and can be extended to other forms of turbulence, for example the acoustic turbulence, or Langmuir plasma waves. With minor modifications, the derivations followed here can be extended for relativistic motions, thus making it possible to apply them to the wave transport in astrophysical objects with high plasma speeds (radiojets), or strong gravity (black hole surroundings).

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/696/1/261

Additional details

Identifiers

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
696
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 261-267
ISSN
0004-637X
CODEN
ASJOAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41042488
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATION; ASTROPHYSICS; BLACK HOLES; GRAVITATION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA WAVES; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SHOCK WAVES; SUN; TRANSPORT THEORY; TURBULENCE
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY RANGE; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAIN SEQUENCE STARS; MECHANICS; PHYSICS; STARS