Reconnection-Controlled Decay of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence and the Role of Invariants
We present a new theoretical picture of magnetically dominated, decaying turbulence in the absence of a mean magnetic field. With direct numerical simulations, we demonstrate that the rate of turbulent decay is governed by the reconnection of magnetic structures, and not necessarily by ideal dynamic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2021-10-01
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Series: | Physical Review X |
Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.041005 |