Flux-freezing breakdown in high-conductivity magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

Gregory Eyink (), Ethan Vishniac, Cristian Lalescu, Hussein Aluie, Kalin Kanov, Kai Bürger, Randal Burns, Charles Meneveau and Alexander Szalay
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Gregory Eyink: The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
Ethan Vishniac: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E2, Canada
Cristian Lalescu: The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
Hussein Aluie: The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
Kalin Kanov: The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
Kai Bürger: Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität München, Boltzmannstraße 3, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany
Randal Burns: Institute for Data Intensive Engineering & Science, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
Charles Meneveau: The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
Alexander Szalay: The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA

Nature, 2013, vol. 497, issue 7450, 466-469

Abstract: A magnetohydrodynamic simulation of a magnetized plasma at high conductivity shows that, whereas the magnetic flux can be considered ‘frozen’ into the medium for laminar flow, in a turbulent medium the motion of the field lines can become indeterministic, leading to a breakdown in flux freezing.

Date: 2013
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