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Scaling of the Hosking integral in decaying magnetically dominated turbulence
KTH, Centres, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics NORDITA. Stockholm Univ, Hannes Alfvens Vag 12, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.;Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Tsung Dao Lee Inst, 800 Dongchuan Rd, Shanghai 200240, Peoples R China..
KTH, Centres, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics NORDITA. Stockholm Univ, Hannes Alfvens Vag 12, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.;Stockholm Univ, AlbaNova, Dept Astron, Oskar Klein Ctr, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden..
KTH, Centres, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics NORDITA. Stockholm Univ, Hannes Alfvens Vag 12, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.;Stockholm Univ, AlbaNova, Dept Astron, Oskar Klein Ctr, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.;Carnegie Mellon Univ, McWilliams Ctr Cosmol, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA.;Carnegie Mellon Univ, Dept Phys, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA.;Ilia State Univ, Sch Nat Sci & Med, 3-5 Cholokashvili Ave, GE-0194 Tbilisi, Georgia..ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7304-021X
2022 (English)In: Journal of Plasma Physics, ISSN 0022-3778, E-ISSN 1469-7807, Vol. 88, no 6, article id 905880602Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The Saffman helicity invariant of Hosking & Schekochihin (Phys. Rev. X, vol. 11, issue 4, 2021, 041005), which we here call the Hosking integral, has emerged as an important quantity that may govern the decay properties of magnetically dominated non-helical turbulence. Using a range of different computational methods, we confirm that this quantity is indeed gauge invariant and nearly perfectly conserved in the limit of large Lundquist numbers. For direct numerical simulations with ordinary viscosity and magnetic diffusivity operators, we find that the solution develops in a nearly self-similar fashion. In a diagram quantifying the instantaneous decay coefficients of magnetic energy and integral scale, we find that the solution evolves along a line that is indeed suggestive of the governing role of the Hosking integral. The solution settles near a line in this diagram that is expected for a self-similar evolution of the magnetic energy spectrum. The solution will settle in a slightly different position when the magnetic diffusivity decreases with time, which would be compatible with the decay being governed by the reconnection time scale rather than the Alfven time.

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Cambridge University Press (CUP) , 2022. Vol. 88, no 6, article id 905880602
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astrophysical plasmas, plasma simulation, plasma nonlinear phenomena
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-322195DOI: 10.1017/S002237782200109XISI: 000880189000001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85141916273OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-322195DiVA, id: diva2:1716167
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Available from: 2022-12-05 Created: 2022-12-05 Last updated: 2024-01-15Bibliographically approved

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