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Ensemble Space-Time Correlation of Plasma Turbulence in the Solar Wind
Author | Matthaeus, H.; Weygand, M.; Dasso, S.; |
Keywords | parker solar probe; Solar Probe Plus |
Abstract | Single point measurement turbulence cannot distinguish variations in space and time. We employ an ensemble of one- and two-point measurements in the solar wind to estimate the space-time correlation function in the comoving plasma frame. The method is illustrated using near Earth spacecraft observations, employing ACE, Geotail, IMP-8, and Wind data sets. New results include an evaluation of both correlation time and correlation length from a single method, and a new assessment of the accuracy of the familiar frozen-in flow approximation. This novel view of the space-time structure of turbulence may prove essential in exploratory space missions such as Solar Probe Plus and Solar Orbiter for which the frozen-in flow hypothesis may not be a useful approximation. |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 116 |
Number of Pages | 245101 |
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Date Published | 06/2016 |
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URL | https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.245101 |
DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.245101 |