Gyrokinetic Simulations of Solar Wind Turbulence from Ion to Electron Scales
Gyrokinetic Simulations of Solar Wind Turbulence from Ion to Electron Scales
A three-dimensional, nonlinear gyrokinetic simulation of plasma turbulence resolving scales from the ion to electron gyroradius with a realistic mass ratio is presented, where all damping is provided by resolved physical mechanisms. The resulting energy spectra are quantitatively consistent with a magnetic power spectrum scaling of k(-2.8) as observed in …