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arxiv: 1703.01705 · v2 · pith:7YUWSYOLnew · submitted 2017-03-06 · ⚛️ physics.plasm-ph · astro-ph.SR

Chirality, extended MHD statistics and solar wind turbulence

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We unite the one-flow-dominated-state (OFDS) argument of \citet{MeyrandGaltierPRL12} with the one-chiral-sector-dominated-state (OCSCS) one \citep[][]{hydrochirality} to form a nonlinear extended-magnetohydrodynamics (XMHD) theory for the solar wind turbulence (SWT), \textbf{ranging from the MHD- to subproton-, and even to subelectron-scale regimes} \citep[modifying the theory of][]{AbdelhamidLingamMahajanAPJ16}. Degenerate chiral states in \citet{MiloshevichLingamMorrisonNJP17}'s XMHD absolute equilibria are exposed with helical representation, to offer the basis of replacing the linear wave (of infinitesimal or arbitrarily finite amplitudes) arguments of previous theories with OCSDS. Possible connection of the OFDS-plus-OCSDS theory with the local minimal-energy/stability principle is also discussed.

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