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Bale, S. D.
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Leung, L.
Boldyrev, S.
Maruca, B. A.
Bale, S. D.
Geophysical Research Letters
Ion‐scale spectral break of solar wind turbulence at high and low beta
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Geophysics
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spelling Chen, C. H. K. Leung, L. Boldyrev, S. Maruca, B. A. Bale, S. D. 0094-8276 1944-8007 American Geophysical Union (AGU) General Earth and Planetary Sciences Geophysics http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014gl062009 <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The power spectrum of magnetic fluctuations in the solar wind at 1 AU displays a break between two power laws in the range of spacecraft‐frame frequencies 0.1 to 1 Hz. These frequencies correspond to spatial scales in the plasma frame near the proton gyroradius <jats:italic>ρ</jats:italic><jats:sub>i</jats:sub> and proton inertial length <jats:italic>d</jats:italic><jats:sub>i</jats:sub>. At 1 AU it is difficult to determine which of these is associated with the break, since <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="graphic/grl52226-math-0001.png" xlink:title="urn:x-wiley:grl:media:grl52226:grl52226-math-0001" /> and the perpendicular ion plasma beta is typically <jats:italic>β</jats:italic><jats:sub>⊥i</jats:sub>∼1. To address this, several exceptional intervals with <jats:italic>β</jats:italic><jats:sub>⊥i</jats:sub>≪1 and <jats:italic>β</jats:italic><jats:sub>⊥i</jats:sub>≫1 were investigated, during which these scales were well separated. It was found that for <jats:italic>β</jats:italic><jats:sub>⊥i</jats:sub>≪1 the break occurs at <jats:italic>d</jats:italic><jats:sub>i</jats:sub> and for <jats:italic>β</jats:italic><jats:sub>⊥i</jats:sub>≫1 at <jats:italic>ρ</jats:italic><jats:sub>i</jats:sub>, i.e., the larger of the two scales. Possible explanations for these results are discussed, including Alfvén wave dispersion, damping, and current sheets.</jats:p> Ion‐scale spectral break of solar wind turbulence at high and low beta Geophysical Research Letters
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spelling Chen, C. H. K. Leung, L. Boldyrev, S. Maruca, B. A. Bale, S. D. 0094-8276 1944-8007 American Geophysical Union (AGU) General Earth and Planetary Sciences Geophysics http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014gl062009 <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The power spectrum of magnetic fluctuations in the solar wind at 1 AU displays a break between two power laws in the range of spacecraft‐frame frequencies 0.1 to 1 Hz. These frequencies correspond to spatial scales in the plasma frame near the proton gyroradius <jats:italic>ρ</jats:italic><jats:sub>i</jats:sub> and proton inertial length <jats:italic>d</jats:italic><jats:sub>i</jats:sub>. At 1 AU it is difficult to determine which of these is associated with the break, since <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="graphic/grl52226-math-0001.png" xlink:title="urn:x-wiley:grl:media:grl52226:grl52226-math-0001" /> and the perpendicular ion plasma beta is typically <jats:italic>β</jats:italic><jats:sub>⊥i</jats:sub>∼1. To address this, several exceptional intervals with <jats:italic>β</jats:italic><jats:sub>⊥i</jats:sub>≪1 and <jats:italic>β</jats:italic><jats:sub>⊥i</jats:sub>≫1 were investigated, during which these scales were well separated. It was found that for <jats:italic>β</jats:italic><jats:sub>⊥i</jats:sub>≪1 the break occurs at <jats:italic>d</jats:italic><jats:sub>i</jats:sub> and for <jats:italic>β</jats:italic><jats:sub>⊥i</jats:sub>≫1 at <jats:italic>ρ</jats:italic><jats:sub>i</jats:sub>, i.e., the larger of the two scales. Possible explanations for these results are discussed, including Alfvén wave dispersion, damping, and current sheets.</jats:p> Ion‐scale spectral break of solar wind turbulence at high and low beta Geophysical Research Letters
spellingShingle Chen, C. H. K., Leung, L., Boldyrev, S., Maruca, B. A., Bale, S. D., Geophysical Research Letters, Ion‐scale spectral break of solar wind turbulence at high and low beta, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Geophysics
title Ion‐scale spectral break of solar wind turbulence at high and low beta
title_full Ion‐scale spectral break of solar wind turbulence at high and low beta
title_fullStr Ion‐scale spectral break of solar wind turbulence at high and low beta
title_full_unstemmed Ion‐scale spectral break of solar wind turbulence at high and low beta
title_short Ion‐scale spectral break of solar wind turbulence at high and low beta
title_sort ion‐scale spectral break of solar wind turbulence at high and low beta
title_unstemmed Ion‐scale spectral break of solar wind turbulence at high and low beta
topic General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Geophysics
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014gl062009