Complexity Induced Bimodal Anisotropic Intermittent Turbulence in Geospace

地球空间中复杂性引起的双峰各向异性间歇湍流

• 批准号: 0355463
• 负责人: Tom Chang
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-03-01 至 2008-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0355463&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Complexity; Induced; Bimodal; Anisotropic; Intermittent

Considerable observational and theoretical attention has been devoted towards the understanding of local, point observations of geospace plasma phenomena observed by research satellites. However, it is clear that there are important questions that involve global and multiscale issues: questions of energy and momentum transport within the magnetosphere, ionosphere and the Sun-Earth connection region, and of the nature of the particle populations, their source, entry, energization, diffusion, and ultimate loss from the systems. Theoretical models are being forced to confront issues of non-locality and "complexity". For systems involving non-locality and complexity effects connected with the fluctuations of the electric and magnetic fields, the in homogeneities, and anomalous anisotropic transport and energization processes are important. This project will quantitatively examine the plasma turbulence and the intermittent fluctuations in the geospace region. Detailed spectra and other stochastic properties of both the non-propagating and propagating portions of the turbulence will be determined and compared with experimental observations. The goal is to produce a self-consistent picture of the complexity-generated, intermittent turbulence and the evolutionary processes of space plasmas. The mode of approach for the first part of the research is based on the method of path integrals and the theory of the dynamic renormalization group along with direct numerical simulations. Realistic models characterizing the anisotropic intermittency and anomalous transport of the auroral zone will be developed. The second part of the research program is based on the interaction of the particle distributions with both the intermittent propagating and non-propagating fluctuations. A global hybrid simulation model developed for the evolution of the polar wind, solar wind, and auroral ions will be enhanced and applied to determine the interactions. The project will also contribute to symposia and workshops on the physics of space plasmas, which will be hosted at MIT in cooperation with the MIT Graduate School and the MIT Minority Summer Research Program (MSRP). In addition there will be collaborations with the Washington-based Center of Excellence in Education (CEE) to sponsor the education of genius-level high school students. By intermingling with the scientists at MIT, these young interns will obtain first hand experience in scientific research in geoplasma physics.

人们对研究卫星观测到的地球空间等离子体现象的局部、点观测的理解投入了大量的观测和理论注意力。然而，很明显，存在涉及全球和多尺度问题的重要问题：磁层、电离层和日地连接区域内的能量和动量传输问题，以及粒子群的性质、它们的来源、进入、系统的能量、扩散和最终损失。理论模型被迫面对非局域性和“复杂性”的问题。对于涉及与电场和磁场波动相关的非局域性和复杂性效应的系统，非均匀性、反常各向异性输运和通电过程非常重要。该项目将定量研究地球空间区域的等离子体湍流和间歇性波动。将确定湍流的非传播部分和传播部分的详细光谱和其他随机特性，并与实验观察结果进行比较。目标是对空间等离子体的复杂性产生的间歇性湍流和演化过程产生自洽的图像。研究第一部分的方法模式基于路径积分方法和动态重正化群理论以及直接数值模拟。将开发表征极光区各向异性间歇性和异常传输的现实模型。研究计划的第二部分基于粒子分布与间歇传播和非传播波动的相互作用。为极地风、太阳风和极光离子演化而开发的全球混合模拟模型将得到增强并应用于确定相互作用。该项目还将为空间等离子体物理研讨会和研讨会做出贡献，这些研讨会和研讨会将与麻省理工学院研究生院和麻省理工学院少数族裔夏季研究计划（MSRP）合作在麻省理工学院主办。此外，还将与华盛顿卓越教育中心 (CEE) 合作，资助天才高中生的教育。通过与麻省理工学院的科学家交流，这些年轻的实习生将获得地浆物理学科学研究的第一手经验。