Abstract
Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is commonly observed in the solar wind. Nonlinear interactions among MHD waves are likely to produce finite correlation of the wave phases. For discussions of various transport processes of energetic particles, it is fundamentally important to determine whether the wave phases are randomly distributed (as assumed in the quasi-linear theory) or have a finite coherence. Using a method based on the surrogate data technique, we analysed the GEOTAIL magnetic field data to evaluate the phase coherence in MHD turbulence in the Earth's foreshock region. The results demonstrate the existence of finite phase correlation, indicating that nonlinear wave-wave interactions are in progress.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 447-457 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences |
| Volume | 366 |
| Issue number | 1864 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 13 2008 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Mathematics(all)
- Engineering(all)
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
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Koga, D., Chian, A. C. L., Hada, T., & Rempel, E. L. (2008). Experimental evidence of phase coherence of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in the solar wind: GEOTAIL satellite data. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 366(1864), 447-457. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2007.2102