Anisotropic MHD turbulence in the interstellar medium and solar wind

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Bhattacharjee, A [1 ]
Ng, CS [1 ]
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[1] Univ Iowa, Dept Phys & Astron, Ctr Magnet Reconnect Studies, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
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A theoretical model is given of anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in the interstellar medium and the solar wind. The model is motivated by observations that show significant deviations from the Kolmogorov power-law. Dimensional and heuristic arguments are given and critically assessed. On the basis of the weak turbulence approximation in which three-wave interactions dominate, analytical and numerical results are obtained for the anisotropic energy spectrum produced by the random scattering of shear Alfven waves propagating parallel to a large-2 scale magnetic field. The energy spectrum is shown to be proportional to k(perpendicular to)(-2), qualitatively consistent with some observations and wave kinetic theory.
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