Forced magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in three dimensions using Taylor-Green symmetries.
We examine the scaling laws of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence for three different types of forcing functions and imposing at all times the fourfold symmetries of the Taylor-Green (TG) vortex generalized to MHD; no uniform magnetic field is present and the magnetic Prandtl number is equal to unity. We also include pumping in the induction equation, and we take the three configurations studied in the decaying case in Lee et al. [Phys. Rev. E 81, 016318 (2010)]. To that effect, we employ direct numerical simulations up to an equivalent resolution of 20483 grid points. We find that, similarly to the case when the forcing is absent, different spectral indices for the total energy spectrum emerge, corresponding to either a Kolmogorov law, an Iroshnikov-Kraichnan law that arises from the interactions of turbulent eddies and Alfvén waves, or to weak turbulence when the large-scale magnetic field is strong. We also examine the inertial range dynamics in terms of the ratios of kinetic to magnetic energy, and of the turnover time to the Alfvén time, and analyze the temporal variations of these quasiequilibria.
Laboratoire Lagrange, UMR7293, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, BP 4229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France.
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Laboratoire de Physique Statistique de l'École Normale Supérieure, associé au CNRS et aux Universités ParisVI et VII, 24 Rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris, France.
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Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Sciences, and Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA and Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado 80307, USA.
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