A prescription for the turbulent heating of astrophysical plasmas
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🌌 astro-ph.HE
physics.plasm-ph
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heatingplasmasturbulentastrophysicalmodelprescriptionturbulenceaccretion
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The ratio of ion to electron heating due to the dissipation of Alfvenic turbulence in astrophysical plasmas is calculated based on a cascade model for turbulence in weakly collisional plasmas. Conditions for validity of this model are discussed, a prescription for the turbulent heating is presented, and it is applied to predict turbulent heating in accretion disks and the interstellar medium.
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