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- Title
Nonlinear dynamics of Landau damped kinetic Alfvén waves.
- Authors
Gaur, Nidhi; Dwivedi, Navin; Sharma, R.
- Abstract
In the present paper we have studied the nonlinear dynamical equation of Landau damped kinetic Alfvén wave (KAW) to investigate the nonlinear evolution of KAW and the resulting turbulent spectra in solar wind plasmas. We have introduced a parameter g which governs the coupling between the amplitude of the pump KAW and the density perturbation. The numerical solution has been carried out to see the dependence on the parameter g in the nonlinear part of our equation. Our results reveal the formation of damped localized structures of KAW as well as steepening of the turbulent spectra by increasing g when damping is taken into account. The power spectra of magnetic field fluctuations indicate the redistribution of energy among the higher wave numbers. Each power spectrum with and without damping splits up into two different scaling ranges, Kolmogorov scaling followed by a steeper scaling. The steepening in the power spectra with Landau damping is more than without Landau damping case (for the same value of g). This type of steeper spectra has also been observed in the solar wind and is attributed to the Landau damping effects.
- Subjects
NONLINEAR dynamical systems; LANDAU damping; KINETIC energy; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC waves; TURBULENCE; PLASMA gases; SOLAR wind; SPECTRUM analysis
- Publication
Astrophysics & Space Science, 2012, Vol 342, Issue 2, p407
- ISSN
0004-640X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10509-012-1177-4