Magnetic field line transport in anisotropic magnetic turbulence: Anomalous, quasilinear, and percolative regimes versus the Kubo number

Citation
G. Zimbardo et al., Magnetic field line transport in anisotropic magnetic turbulence: Anomalous, quasilinear, and percolative regimes versus the Kubo number, ASTRO SP SC, 277(1-2), 2001, pp. 101-102
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
0004640X → ACNP
Volume
277
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
101 - 102
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(2001)277:1-2<101:MFLTIA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The transport of plasma and of energetic particles because of magnetic turb ulence is relevant to many space plasmas, ranging from the planetary magnet ospheres to the solar corona and to the heliosphere. Various transport regi mes for magnetic field lines can be obtained depending on the Kubo number. Here we show, by means of a numerical simulation, that the Kubo number also determines the level of chaos of the field lines. Weak chaos, closed magne tic surfaces, and anomalous transport regimes are obtained for R << 1; wide spread chaos, destroyed magnetic surfaces, and quasilinear scaling of the d iffusion coefficient for R <greater than or similar to> 0.3; and global sto chasticity as well as percolation scaling of the diffusion coefficient for R >> 1.