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Title: On the structure and statistical theory of turbulence of extended magnetohydrodynamics

Abstract

Recent progress regarding the noncanonical Hamiltonian formulation of extended magnetohydrodynamics (XMHD), a model with Hall drift and electron inertia, is summarized. The advantages of the Hamiltonian approach are invoked to study some general properties ofXMHDturbulence, and to compare them against their idealMHDcounterparts. For instance, the helicity flux transfer rates for XMHDare computed, and Liouville’s theorem for this model is also verified. The latter is used, in conjunction with the absolute equilibrium states, to arrive at the spectra for the invariants, and to determine the direction of the cascades, e.g., generalizations of the well-known idealMHDinverse cascade of magnetic helicity. After a similar analysis is conducted forXMHDby inspecting second order structure functions and absolute equilibrium states, a couple of interesting results emerge. When cross helicity is taken to be ignorable, the inverse cascade of injected magnetic helicity also occurs in the HallMHDrange—this is shown to be consistent with previous results in the literature. In contrast, in the inertialMHDrange, viz at scales smaller than the electron skin depth, all spectral quantities are expected to undergo direct cascading. The consequences and relevance of our results in space and astrophysical plasmas are also briefly discussed.

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  1. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Inst. for Fusion Studies, Dept. of Physics
  2. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States). Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (United States). Inst. for Theory and Computation; Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences
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Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States); Princeton Univ., NJ (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE); USDOE National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
OSTI Identifier:
1355659
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1357807
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-09CH11466; FG05-80ET53088; AGS-1338944
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
New Journal of Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 19; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1367-2630
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; extended magnetohydrodynamic turbulence; absolute equilibrium; hall and electron inertia; Hamiltonian; solar-wind turbulence; collisionless magnetic reconnection; gamma-ray bursts; Hall-magnetohydrodynamics; inverse cascade; action principle; MHD turbulence; dynamo action; formulation; mechanics; extended magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, absolute equilibrium, hall and electron inertia, hamiltonian

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Miloshevich, George, Lingam, Manasvi, and Morrison, Philip J. On the structure and statistical theory of turbulence of extended magnetohydrodynamics. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/aa55eb.
Miloshevich, George, Lingam, Manasvi, & Morrison, Philip J. On the structure and statistical theory of turbulence of extended magnetohydrodynamics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa55eb
Miloshevich, George, Lingam, Manasvi, and Morrison, Philip J. Mon . "On the structure and statistical theory of turbulence of extended magnetohydrodynamics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa55eb. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1355659.
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abstractNote = {Recent progress regarding the noncanonical Hamiltonian formulation of extended magnetohydrodynamics (XMHD), a model with Hall drift and electron inertia, is summarized. The advantages of the Hamiltonian approach are invoked to study some general properties ofXMHDturbulence, and to compare them against their idealMHDcounterparts. For instance, the helicity flux transfer rates for XMHDare computed, and Liouville’s theorem for this model is also verified. The latter is used, in conjunction with the absolute equilibrium states, to arrive at the spectra for the invariants, and to determine the direction of the cascades, e.g., generalizations of the well-known idealMHDinverse cascade of magnetic helicity. After a similar analysis is conducted forXMHDby inspecting second order structure functions and absolute equilibrium states, a couple of interesting results emerge. When cross helicity is taken to be ignorable, the inverse cascade of injected magnetic helicity also occurs in the HallMHDrange—this is shown to be consistent with previous results in the literature. In contrast, in the inertialMHDrange, viz at scales smaller than the electron skin depth, all spectral quantities are expected to undergo direct cascading. The consequences and relevance of our results in space and astrophysical plasmas are also briefly discussed.},
doi = {10.1088/1367-2630/aa55eb},
journal = {New Journal of Physics},
number = 1,
volume = 19,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 16 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Mon Jan 16 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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