Alfven Intermittent Turbulence in Space Plasmas
Journal Article
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· AIP Conference Proceedings
- National Institute for Space Research (INPE), P.O. Box 515, Sao Jose dos Campos-SP, 12227-010 (Brazil)
We investigate the onset of intermittent chaos in the phase dynamics of nonlinear Alfven waves in the solar wind by using the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky (KS) equation as a model for phase dynamics. We focus on the role of nonattracting chaotic solutions of the KS equation, known as chaotic saddles, in the transition from weak chaos to strong chaos and show how two of these unstable chaotic saddles can interact to produce the plasma intermittency observed in the strongly chaotic regimes. The dynamical systems approach discussed in this work can lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms responsible for intermittency in solar wind plasmas.
- OSTI ID:
- 20719386
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 784; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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