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Gray et al. 1996
Gray, P.C., Pontius, D.H. and Matthaeus, W.H. (1996). Scaling of field-line random walk in model solar wind fluctuations. Geophysical Research Letters 23: doi: 10.1029/96GL00769. issn: 0094-8276.

The diffusion coefficient associated with random walk of magnetic field lines is computed by direct calculation of a large number of field lines from a specified statistical ensemble. Two-component magnetic field models are examined, consisting of a mixture of slab and two-dimensional fluctuations. The scaling of the diffusion coefficient with magnetic field strength is established numerically for a wide range of relative fluctuation amplitudes (Δb/B0). The results confirm the recent nonperturbative theory of field line random walk (Phys. Rev. Lett., 75, 2136, 1995), but depart considerably from the quasilinear B-20 scaling, for models thought to be appropriate to the solar wind. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1996

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Interplanetary Physics, Solar wind plasma, Interplanetary Physics, Plasma waves and turbulence
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