期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
卷 714, 期 1, 页码 L138-L141出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/714/1/L138
关键词
magnetic fields; magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); solar wind; turbulence
资金
- CPSF [20090451259]
- NSFC [10973043, 10425312]
- 973 Program [CB806320]
- CAS [KJCX2-YW-T04]
Using high-speed solar wind data recorded by the Ulysses spacecraft, we investigate and estimate the anisotropic inertial range scaling of the interplanetary magnetic field. We apply the method of the magnetic structure function (MSF), S-n(tau) = proportional to tau(zeta(n)), to analyze the scaling of solar wind turbulence over the range from 1 s to 10(4) s. By sorting the fluctuations according to the direction of the local mean magnetic field, we obtain a second-order structure function in (r, Theta) coordinates that reveals the scale-dependent anisotropy of the power spectrum. The scale-dependent anisotropy of the MSF indicates that the fluctuation energy tends to cascade toward the direction perpendicular to the local field. The dependence of the MSF scaling index zeta on the direction of the local field is found to be similar to that reported in Horbury et al. and Podesta, with zeta(perpendicular to) = 0.53 +/- 0.18 and zeta(parallel to) = 1.00 +/- 0.14. Furthermore, we estimate and find the scaling law between the perpendicular and parallel scales r(parallel to) proportional to r(perpendicular to)(0.614), which implies the elongation along the parallel direction as the turbulence eddy evolves toward the small lengthscales. These results are in agreement with the predictions of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence theory.
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