Chirality, extended MHD statistics and solar wind turbulence
Abstract
We unite the one-flow-dominated-state (OFDS) argument of MeyrandGaltierPRL12 with the one-chiral-sector-dominated-state (OCSCS) one [][]hydrochirality to form a nonlinear extended-magnetohydrodynamics (XMHD) theory for the solar wind turbulence (SWT), ranging from the MHD- to subproton-, and even to subelectron-scale regimes [modifying the theory of][]AbdelhamidLingamMahajanAPJ16. Degenerate chiral states in MiloshevichLingamMorrisonNJP17's XMHD absolute equilibria are exposed with helical representation, to offer the basis of replacing the linear wave (of infinitesimal or arbitrarily finite amplitudes) arguments of previous theories with OCSDS. Possible connection of the OFDS-plus-OCSDS theory with the local minimal-energy/stability principle is also discussed.
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