A weakened cascade model for turbulence in astrophysical plasmas

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Howes, G G ^a,b   Tenbarge, J M ^a   Dorland, W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b ISAAC NEWTON INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMA; CASCADE MODEL; ENERGY CASCADE; ENERGY SPECTRA; KINETIC DISSIPATION; KINETIC TURBULENCE; LARGE SCALE MOTION; MHD TURBULENCE; N-WAVES; NON-LOCAL INTERACTIONS; NONLINEAR TRANSFER; NONLOCAL; POWER-LAW; STRONG TURBULENCE; WEAK TURBULENCE;

ASTROPHYSICS; COLLISIONAL PLASMAS; ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; SHEARING; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND; SPECTROSCOPY; STREAM FLOW;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 80655143561     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3646400     Document Type: Article

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