Turbulence and shocks in high-beta plasmas

Dongsu RYU

Presentation information

International Session (Oral)

Symbol P (Space and Planetary Sciences) » P-EM Solar-Terrestrial Sciences, Space Electromagnetism & Space Environment

[P-EM10_29PM2] Wave, Turbulence, Reconnection, and Energetic Particles in Solar, Space and Laboratory

Tue. Apr 29, 2014 4:15 PM - 5:05 PM 414 (4F)

Convener:*Huirong Yan(Kavli Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics), Takeru Suzuki(Department of Physics, School of Science, Nagoya University), Alex Lazarian(University of Wisconsin-Madison), Chair:Takeru Suzuki(Department of Physics, School of Science, Nagoya University)

4:15 PM - 4:35 PM

★ [PEM10-07] Turbulence and shocks in high-beta plasmas

*Dongsu RYU¹ (1.Department of Physics, UNIST)

Keywords:turbulence, shock wave, high-beta plasma

High-beta plasmas are common in astrophysical environments, such as the intracluster medium (ICM) of galaxy clusters and the interplanetary medium (IPM) of the solar system. Observations and theoretical arguments suggest that the plasmas in such environments are in the state of turbulence, where highly nonlinear and complex physics is involved. Here we report high-resolution simulations to study the turbulence in high-beta plasmas. Along with the properties of the turbulence, we discuss the role of shocks and the energy dissipation.