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arxiv: 1010.3823 · v1 · pith:IJU525ILnew · submitted 2010-10-19 · 🌌 astro-ph.SR · physics.plasm-ph

Third-order Els\"asser moments in axisymmetric MHD turbulence

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keywords asseranisotropycorrelationmomentsspacethird-orderturbulenceansatz
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Incompressible MHD turbulence is investigated under the presence of a uniform magnetic field $\bb0$. Such a situation is described in the correlation space by a divergence relation which expresses the statistical conservation of the Els\"asser energy flux through the inertial range. The ansatz is made that the development of anisotropy, observed when $B_0$ is strong enough, implies a foliation of space correlation. A direct consequence is the possibility to derive a vectorial law for third-order Els\"asser moments which is parametrized by the intensity of anisotropy. We use the so-called critical balance assumption to fix this parameter and find a unique expression.

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