Magnetohydrodynamics describes dynamics in electrically conductive fluids. These occur in our environment as well as in our atmosphere and magnetosphere, and play a role in the sun's interaction with our planet. In most cases these phenomena involve turbulences, and thus are very challenging to understand and calculate. A sound knowledge is needed to tackle these problems. This work gives the basic information on turbulence in nature, comtaining the needed equations, notions and numerical simulations. The current state of our knowledge and future implications of MHD turbulence are outlined systematically. It is indispensable for all scientists engaged in research of our atmosphere and in space science.
Author(s): Andrey Beresnyak, Alexander Lazarian
Series: De Gruyter Studies in Mathematical Physics 12
Publisher: De Gruyter
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 288
Cover......Page 1
De Gruyter Studies in
Mathematical Physics......Page 3
Turbulence in Magnetohydrodynamics......Page 5
© 2019......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
Contents
......Page 11
1 Introduction into MHD turbulence......Page 17
2 Astrophysical dynamo......Page 29
3 Incompressible MHD turbulence......Page 45
4 Imbalanced MHD turbulence......Page 83
5 Compressibility in MHD turbulence......Page 107
6 Intermittency of MHD turbulence......Page 133
7 Turbulence and charged particles......Page 139
8 Reconnection in the presence of MHD turbulence......Page 157
9 Turbulent transport of magnetic field and heat
......Page 187
10 Extracting properties of astrophysical turbulence
from observations......Page 219
Bibliography
......Page 263
Index......Page 285
