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
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