Open AccessReproducing spacecraft measurements of magnetic correlations in the solar wind
Author(s) -
Weinhorst B.,
Shalchi A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.16103.x
Subject(s) - physics , solar wind , turbulence , magnetic field , spacecraft , computational physics , astrophysics , astronomy , mechanics , quantum mechanics
Analytical models for magnetic turbulence are an important ingredient in the theory of field line wandering and cosmic ray diffusion. In previous investigations, a so‐called slab /2D model has been used. In the present article, we develop a more general analytical model for magnetic turbulence. This model is then compared with solar wind observations. We investigate numerically the possibility to explain the maltese cross structure of the correlation function of solar wind turbulence with this model.