Wavelet determination of magnetohydrodynamic-range power spectral exponents in solar wind turbulence seen by Parker Solar Probe

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Wang, X. [1 ]
Chapman, S. C. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Dendy, R. O.
Hnat, B. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Warwick, Dept Phys, Ctr Fus Space & Astrophys, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England
[2] Univ Tromso, Dept Math & Stat, N-9037 Tromso, Norway
[3] Int Space Sci Inst, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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plasmas; magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); turbulence; Sun: heliosphere; solar wind; methods: data analysis; INERTIAL-RANGE; ANISOTROPY; EVOLUTION; INTERMITTENCY; FLUCTUATIONS; SCALES; MODEL;
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10.1051/0004-6361/202346678
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
Context. The high Reynolds number solar wind flow provides a natural laboratory for the study of turbulence in situ. Parker Solar Probe samples the solar wind between 0.17AU and 1AU, providing an opportunity to study how turbulence evolves in the expanding solar wind. Aims. We aim to obtain estimates of the scaling exponents and scale breaks of the power spectra of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence at su fficient precision to discriminate between Kolmogorov and Iroshnikov-Kraichnan (IK) turbulence, both within each spectrum and across multiple samples at di fferent distances from the Sun and at di fferent plasma beta. Methods. We identified multiple long-duration intervals of uniform solar wind turbulence, sampled by PSP /FIELDS and selected to exclude coherent structures, such as pressure pulses and current sheets, and in which the primary proton population velocity varies by less than 20% of its mean value. The local value of the plasma beta for these datasets spans the range 0:14 < beta < 4. All selected events span spectral scales from the approximately '1/f ' range at low frequencies, through the MHD inertial range (IR) of turbulence, and into the kinetic range, below the ion gyrofrequency. We estimated the power spectral density (PSD) using a discrete Haar wavelet decomposition, which provides accurate estimates of the IR exponents. Results. Within 0.3AU of the Sun, the IR exhibits two distinct ranges of scaling. The inner, high-frequency range has an exponent consistent with that of IK turbulence within uncertainties. The outer, low-frequency range is shallower, with exponents in the range from -1.44 to -1.23. Between 0.3 and 0.5AU, the IR exponents are closer to, but steeper than, that of IK turbulence and do not coincide with the value -3/2 within uncertainties. At distances beyond 0.5AU from the Sun, the exponents are close to, but mostly steeper than, that of Kolmogorov turbulence, -5/3: uncertainties inherent in the observed exponents exclude the value -5 /3. Between these groups of spectra we find examples, at 0.26AU and 0.61AU, of two distinct ranges of scaling within the IR with an inner, high-frequency range with exponents similar to=1:4; and a low-frequency range with exponents close to the Kolmogorov value of -5/3. Conclusions. Since the PSD-estimated scaling exponents are a central predictor in turbulence theories, these results provide new insights into our understanding of the evolution of turbulence in the solar wind.
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