• DocumentCode
    1082111
  • Title

    A Study of Multiscale Density Fluctuation Measurements

  • Author

    Basse, Nils P.

  • Author_Institution
    Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    458
  • Lastpage
    461
  • Abstract
    Intriguing parallels between density fluctuation power versus wavenumber on small (in millimeter) and large (in megaparsec) scales are presented. The comparative study is carried out between fusion plasma measurements and cosmological data. Based on predictions from classical fluid turbulence theory, we argue that our observations are consistent with 2-D turbulence. The similar dependencies of density fluctuations on these disparate scales might indicate that primordial turbulence has been expanded to cosmological proportions.
  • Keywords
    cosmology; plasma diagnostics; plasma fluctuations; plasma turbulence; 2-D turbulence; classical fluid turbulence theory; cosmological data; density fluctuation power; fusion plasma; multiscale density fluctuation measurements; primordial turbulence; Cosmology; density fluctuations; fusion plasmas; turbulence; wavenumber spectra;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2008.917519
  • Filename
    4456911