Nonlinear wave evolution in the expanding solar wind
- 5 April 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 70 (14) , 2190-2193
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.70.2190
Abstract
We report here on a numerical model allowing direct numerical simulations of magnetohydrodynamic fluctuations advected by the expanding solar wind. We show that the expansion of the plasma delays and possibly freezes the turbulent evolution, but that it also triggers the nonlinear evolution of otherwise stable (Alfvén) waves, which can thus release their energy in the wind.Keywords
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