Determination of anomalous exponents of structure functions in two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

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1998 EDP Sciences
, , Citation H. Politano et al 1998 EPL 43 516 DOI 10.1209/epl/i1998-00391-2

0295-5075/43/5/516

Abstract

We determine numerically in two space dimensions the anomalous exponents of structure functions of the velocity v, the magnetic field b and the Elsässer variables z± = v±b up to order eight. To that effect, we make use of new exact relationships derived recently for mixed z± third-order correlators. These exponents are compared to existing models of intermittency for either neutral or MHD flows, none of which seem to apply, possibly indicative of a more complex behavior for MHD flows than for neutral fluids.

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10.1209/epl/i1998-00391-2