Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence: Observation and experiment

Brown, M. R.; Schaffner, D. A.; Weck, P. J.

doi:10.1063/1.4919391

Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence: Observation and experiment

Journal Article · Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919391· OSTI ID:1228194

; Schaffner, D. A.; Weck, P. J.

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 EB(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.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-00ER54604

OSTI ID:: 1228194

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22410368

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 22; ISSN 1070-664X

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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