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
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.