Thermal conduction and particle transport in strong MHD turbulence, with application to galaxy-cluster plasmas
arXiv:astro-ph/0303214 · doi:10.1086/380897
Abstract
We investigate field-line separation in strong MHD turbulence analytically and with direct numerical simulations. We find that in the static-magnetic-field approximation the thermal conductivity in galaxy clusters is reduced by a factor of about 5-10 relative to the Spitzer thermal conductivity of a non-magnetized plasma. We also estimate how the thermal conductivity would be affected by efficient turbulent resistivity.
arXiv commentMajor revision: higher resolution simulations lead to significantly different conclusions. 26 pages, 10 figures
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