Kolmogorov's Legacy in a Field He Hardly Knew
Abstract
Kolmogorov's pioneer work in hydrodynamic turbulence now forms the foundation on which much of traditional turbulence understanding is based. Going back to at least the mid-70s, his ideas on fluid turbulence have been extended to include the seemingly similar, nonlinear dynamics of magnetohydrodnamic fluids. While his death in 1987 at the age of 84 meant that he lived to see the birth of the space age, Kolmogorov did not work directly in the field of space physics. Despite this, his ideas have formed the basis for many studies into the apparent turbulent behavior in space plasmas. We will explore and review some of the ideas that have been developed as extensions of his hydrodynamic theories as applied to space plasmas.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018AGUFMSH21A..03S
- Keywords:
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- 2149 MHD waves and turbulence;
- INTERPLANETARY PHYSICSDE: 4490 Turbulence;
- NONLINEAR GEOPHYSICSDE: 7509 Corona;
- SOLAR PHYSICS;
- ASTROPHYSICS;
- AND ASTRONOMYDE: 7863 Turbulence;
- SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS