Analytical description for field-line wandering in strong magnetic turbulence

A. Shalchi, J. A. le Roux, G. M. Webb, and G. P. Zank
Phys. Rev. E 80, 066408 – Published 31 December 2009

Abstract

We investigate analytically the random walk of magnetic field lines. In previous analytical treatments of field line wandering or random walk, it was assumed that the turbulent magnetic field is much weaker than the mean field. In the present paper, we develop an improved analytical method to describe the stochastic properties of turbulent magnetic fields. This approach is an extension of the standard theory of field line wandering and can be applied to weak as well as to strong magnetic turbulence.

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  • Received 17 August 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.80.066408

©2009 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

A. Shalchi1,2, J. A. le Roux1, G. M. Webb1, and G. P. Zank1,*

  • 1CSPAR, University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama 35805, USA
  • 2Institut für Theoretische Physik, Lehrstuhl IV: Weltraum- und Astrophysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany

  • *andreasm4@yahoo.com

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Vol. 80, Iss. 6 — December 2009

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