Title :
A Study of Multiscale Density Fluctuation Measurements
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge
fDate :
4/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2008.917519