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Purely helical absolute equilibria and chirality of (magneto)fluid turbulence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2014

Jian-Zhou Zhu ,
Weihong Yang  and
Guang-Yu Zhu
Jian-Zhou Zhu
Affiliation:
WCI Center for Fusion Theory, National Fusion Research Institute, 169-148 Gwahak-ro, Daejeon, Korea Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, PR China Life and Chinese Medicine Study Center, Gui-Lin Tang Lab., 46 Bayi Cun, 366025 Yong’an, Fujian, PR China
Weihong Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, PR China
Guang-Yu Zhu
Affiliation:
Life and Chinese Medicine Study Center, Gui-Lin Tang Lab., 46 Bayi Cun, 366025 Yong’an, Fujian, PR China
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Abstract

Purely helical absolute equilibria of incompressible neutral fluids and plasmas (electron, single-fluid and two-fluid magnetohydrodynamics) are systematically studied with the help of helical (wave) representation and truncation, for genericities and specificities about helicity. A unique chirality selection and amplification mechanism and relevant insights, such as the one-chiral-sector-dominated states, among others, about (magneto)fluid turbulence follow.

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Turbulent Flows: Turbulence theory MHD and Electrohydrodynamics: MHD turbulence MHD and Electrohydrodynamics: Plasmas
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 739 , 25 January 2014 , pp. 479 - 501
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