Anisotropies in magnetic field evolution and local Lyapunov exponents
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
The natural occurrence of small scale structures and the extreme anisotropy in the evolution of a magnetic field embedded in a conducting flow is interpreted in terms of the properties of the local Lyapunov exponents along the various local characteristic (un)stable directions for the Lagrangian flow trajectories. The local Lyapunov exponents and the characteristic directions are functions of Lagrangian coordinates and time, which are completely determined once the flow field is specified. The characteristic directions that are associated with the spatial anisotropy of the problem, are prescribed in both Lagrangian and Eulerian frames. Coordinate transformation techniques are employed to relate the spatial distributions of the magnetic field, the induced current density, and the Lorentz force, which are usually followed in Eulerian frame, to those of the local Lyapunov exponents, which are naturally defined in Lagrangian coordinates.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab., Princeton, NJ (US) (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- OSTI ID:
- 750157
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL--3417
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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