Multi-scale Hall-MHD turbulence in the solar wind
S. Galtier, E. Buchlin
Abstract
Solar wind magnetic fluctuation spectra exhibit a significant power law steepening at frequencies f>1Hz. The origin of this multi-scaling is investigated through dispersive Hall magnetohydrodynamics. We perform three-dimensional numerical simulations in the framework of a highly turbulent shell model and show that the large-scale magnetic fluctuations are characterized by a k-5/3-type spectrum which steepens at scales smaller than the ion inertial length di, to k-7/3 if the magnetic energy overtakes the kinetic energy, or to k-11/3 in the opposite case. These results are in agreement both with a heuristic description a la Kolmogorov, and with the range of power law indices found in the solar wind.
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