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Intrinsic modulational Alfvénic turbulence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1997

L. P. L. de OLIVEIRA
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, PO Box 15501, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
F. B. RIZZATO
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, PO Box 15501, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
A. C.-L. CHIAN
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais–INPE, PO Box 515, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract

The nonlinear dynamics of a finite-amplitude Alfvén wave in a dispersive modulational regime is analysed. Use is made of a conservative model to show that turbulence may arise via deterministic chaos. The behaviour of the system is studied as one varies the initial amplitude of the pump Alfvén wave, the dispersion parameter and the plasma parameter β.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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