Limitations of Hall MHD as a model for turbulence in weakly collisional plasmas
The limitations of Hall MHD as a model for turbulence in weakly collisional plasmas are explored using quantitative comparisons to Vlasov-Maxwell kinetic theory over a wide range of parameter space. The validity of Hall MHD in the cold ion limit is shown, but spurious undamped wave modes exist in Ha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2009-03-01
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| Series: | Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics |
| Online Access: | http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/16/219/2009/npg-16-219-2009.pdf |