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On the Nature of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

V.N. Fedorenko
V.N. Fedorenko*
Affiliation:
A.F. Ioffe Physical Technical Institute 194021 Leningrad USSR

Abstract

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Various mechanisms of creation of the extended spectrum of MHD turbulence in the interstellar medium are reviewed. Within the scales 1014 cm ≲ L ≲ 1019 cm the turbulence mostly consists of the ensemble of weak shock waves. At 1012 cm ≲ L ≲ 1014 cm the principle mechanism is generation of MHD waves by cosmic rays.

Type
4. Magnetohydrodynamics of Galactic Magnetic Fields
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 140: Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields , 1990 , pp. 153 - 154
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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