Generalized self-similarity of intermittent plasma turbulence in space and laboratory plasmas
Abstract
> Statistical characteristics of plasma fluctuations in the solar wind (SW), the Earth's magnetosphere and fusion devices are reviewed. The turbulence in all these media has a complicated multiscale structure and exhibits a generalized self-similarity in an extended scale range. The anomalous transport of mass and momentum is intermittent and is carried by sporadic plasma flux bursts with non-Gaussian statistics, long-range correlation and multifractality. Intermittent turbulent transport is characterized by superdiffusion with power law 2\rangle \propto {\it\tau}{\it\alpha}$]]> , . The structure functions in all these plasma environments are well fitted by the log-Poisson model of turbulence. Intermittent plasma turbulence displays universal properties and consists of quasi-1-D singular dissipative structures.
- Publication:
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Journal of Plasma Physics
- Pub Date:
- December 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0022377815001099
- Bibcode:
- 2015JPlPh..81f3902B