Considering fluctuation energy as a measure of gyrokinetic turbulence

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/14/10/103030zbMATH Open1448.82040arXiv1206.0584OpenAlexW1975786192MaRDI QIDQ5137752FDOQ5137752

Authors: Gabriel G. Plunk, Tomoya Tatsuno, William Dorland 

Publication date: 2 December 2020

Published in: New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In gyrokinetic theory there are two quadratic measures of fluctuation energy, left invariant under nonlinear interactions, that constrain the turbulence. The recent work of Plunk and Tatsuno [Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 165003 (2011)] reported on the novel consequences that this constraint has on the direction and locality of spectral energy transfer. This paper builds on that work. We provide detailed analysis in support of the results of Plunk and Tatsuno but also significantly broaden the scope and use additional methods to address the problem of energy transfer. The perspective taken here is that the fluctuation energies are not merely formal invariants of an idealized model (two-dimensional gyrokinetics) but are general measures of gyrokinetic turbulence, i.e. quantities that can be used to predict the behavior of the turbulence. Though many open questions remain, this paper collects evidence in favor of this perspective by demonstrating in several contexts that constrained spectral energy transfer governs the dynamics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.0584

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10) Statistical turbulence modeling (76F55) Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B40) Fundamentals of turbulence (76F02) Mono-, di- and multipole moments (EM and other), gyromagnetic relations (81V60)

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• Universality in turbulence using turbulent energy concepts in moving and stationary plasmas
• Nonlinear growth of zonal flows by secondary instability in general magnetic geometry

Uses Software

• AstroGK

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