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Inverse Cascade in Hydrodynamic Turbulence and its Role in Solar Granulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2017

V. Krishan
V. Krishan*
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics Bangalore 560034 India

Abstract

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Self-organization i.e. the formation of large ordered structures in a turbulent medium is a consequence of inverse cascade where energy preferentially transfers towards large spatial scales. It is envisaged that this may be one way of explaining solar granulation at various scales.

Type
V. Large-scale Structure and Dynamics
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 138: Solar Photosphere: Structure, Convection and Magnetic Fields , 1990 , pp. 329 - 332
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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