Published May 1, 2009
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Journal article
TRANSPORT EQUATION FOR MHD TURBULENCE: APPLICATION TO PARTICLE ACCELERATION AT INTERPLANETARY SHOCKS
Creators
- 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/696/1/261Additional 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