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Flux-freezing breakdown in high-conductivity magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

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  • Gregory Eyink

    (The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
    The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
    The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
    Institute for Data Intensive Engineering & Science, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA)

  • Ethan Vishniac

    (University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E2, Canada)

  • Cristian Lalescu

    (The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA)

  • Hussein Aluie

    (The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
    Los Alamos National Laboratory)

  • Kalin Kanov

    (The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA)

  • Kai Bürger

    (Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität München, Boltzmannstraße 3, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany)

  • Randal Burns

    (Institute for Data Intensive Engineering & Science, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
    The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA)

  • Charles Meneveau

    (The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
    Institute for Data Intensive Engineering & Science, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA)

  • Alexander Szalay

    (The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
    Institute for Data Intensive Engineering & Science, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA)

Abstract

A magnetohydrodynamic simulation of a magnetized plasma at high conductivity shows that, whereas the magnetic flux can be considered ‘frozen’ into the medium for laminar flow, in a turbulent medium the motion of the field lines can become indeterministic, leading to a breakdown in flux freezing.

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  • Gregory Eyink & Ethan Vishniac & Cristian Lalescu & Hussein Aluie & Kalin Kanov & Kai Bürger & Randal Burns & Charles Meneveau & Alexander Szalay, 2013. "Flux-freezing breakdown in high-conductivity magnetohydrodynamic turbulence," Nature, Nature, vol. 497(7450), pages 466-469, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:497:y:2013:i:7450:d:10.1038_nature12128
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12128
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    1. Alexander S. Szalay, 2018. "From SkyServer to SciServer," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 675(1), pages 202-220, January.

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