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Title: Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence: Observation and experiment

Abstract

We provide a tutorial on the paradigms and tools of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. The principal paradigm is that of a turbulent cascade from large scales to small, resulting in power law behavior for the frequency power spectrum for magnetic fluctuations E{sub B}(f). We will describe five useful statistical tools for MHD turbulence in the time domain: the temporal autocorrelation function, the frequency power spectrum, the probability distribution function of temporal increments, the temporal structure function, and the permutation entropy. Each of these tools will be illustrated with an example taken from MHD fluctuations in the solar wind. A single dataset from the Wind satellite will be used to illustrate all five temporal statistical tools.

Authors:
; ;  [1]
  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22410368
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 5; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; DATASETS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ENTROPY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUCTUATIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; SOLAR WIND; SPECTRA; STATISTICS; STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS; TURBULENCE

Citation Formats

Brown, M. R., Schaffner, D. A., and Weck, P. J. Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence: Observation and experiment. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4919391.
Brown, M. R., Schaffner, D. A., & Weck, P. J. Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence: Observation and experiment. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919391
Brown, M. R., Schaffner, D. A., and Weck, P. J. 2015. "Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence: Observation and experiment". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919391.
@article{osti_22410368,
title = {Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence: Observation and experiment},
author = {Brown, M. R. and Schaffner, D. A. and Weck, P. J.},
abstractNote = {We provide a tutorial on the paradigms and tools of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. The principal paradigm is that of a turbulent cascade from large scales to small, resulting in power law behavior for the frequency power spectrum for magnetic fluctuations E{sub B}(f). We will describe five useful statistical tools for MHD turbulence in the time domain: the temporal autocorrelation function, the frequency power spectrum, the probability distribution function of temporal increments, the temporal structure function, and the permutation entropy. Each of these tools will be illustrated with an example taken from MHD fluctuations in the solar wind. A single dataset from the Wind satellite will be used to illustrate all five temporal statistical tools.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4919391},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22410368}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
issn = {1070-664X},
number = 5,
volume = 22,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}