Disappearance of Anisotropic Intermittency in Large-amplitude MHD Turbulence and Its Comparison with Small-amplitude MHD Turbulence | |
Yang, Liping; Zhang, Lei; He, Jiansen; Tu, Chuanyi; Li, Shengtai; Wang, Xin; Wang, Linghua; Yang, LP (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Space Sci Ctr, State Key Lab Space Weather, SIGMA Weather Grp, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China.; Yang, LP (reprint author), Peking Univ, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China.; Yang, LP (reprint author), HIT Inst Space Sci & Appl Technol, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China. | |
Department | 空间科学部 |
Source Publication | ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
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2018 | |
Volume | 855Issue:1Pages:69 |
ISSN | 0004-637X |
Language | 英语 |
Keyword | Magnetohydrodynamics (Mhd) Methods: Numerical Solar Wind Turbulence |
Abstract | Multi-order structure functions in the solar wind are reported to display a monofractal scaling when sampled parallel to the local magnetic field and a multifractal scaling when measured perpendicularly. Whether and to what extent will the scaling anisotropy be weakened by the enhancement of turbulence amplitude relative to the background magnetic strength? In this study, based on two runs of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence simulation with different relative levels of turbulence amplitude, we investigate and compare the scaling of multi-order magnetic structure functions and magnetic probability distribution functions (PDFs) as well as their dependence on the direction of the local field. The numerical results show that for the case of large-amplitude MHD turbulence, the multi-order structure functions display a multifractal scaling at all angles to the local magnetic field, with PDFs deviating significantly from the Gaussian distribution and a flatness larger than 3 at all angles. In contrast, for the case of small-amplitude MHD turbulence, the multi-order structure functions and PDFs have different features in the quasi-parallel and quasi-perpendicular directions: a monofractal scaling and Gaussian-like distribution in the former, and a conversion of a monofractal scaling and Gaussian-like distribution into a multifractal scaling and non-Gaussian tail distribution in the latter. These results hint that when intermittencies are abundant and intense, the multifractal scaling in the structure functions can appear even if it is in the quasi-parallel direction; otherwise, the monofractal scaling in the structure functions remains even if it is in the quasi-perpendicular direction. |
Indexed By | SCI |
Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.nssc.ac.cn/handle/122/6398 |
Collection | 空间科学部 |
Corresponding Author | Yang, LP (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Space Sci Ctr, State Key Lab Space Weather, SIGMA Weather Grp, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China.; Yang, LP (reprint author), Peking Univ, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China.; Yang, LP (reprint author), HIT Inst Space Sci & Appl Technol, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China. |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Yang, Liping,Zhang, Lei,He, Jiansen,et al. Disappearance of Anisotropic Intermittency in Large-amplitude MHD Turbulence and Its Comparison with Small-amplitude MHD Turbulence[J]. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL,2018,855(1):69. |
APA | Yang, Liping.,Zhang, Lei.,He, Jiansen.,Tu, Chuanyi.,Li, Shengtai.,...&Yang, LP .(2018).Disappearance of Anisotropic Intermittency in Large-amplitude MHD Turbulence and Its Comparison with Small-amplitude MHD Turbulence.ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL,855(1),69. |
MLA | Yang, Liping,et al."Disappearance of Anisotropic Intermittency in Large-amplitude MHD Turbulence and Its Comparison with Small-amplitude MHD Turbulence".ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 855.1(2018):69. |
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