On the self-heating phenomenon in nonmodal shear flow
On the self-heating phenomenon in nonmodal shear flow
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非模态剪切流中的自热现象
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2006
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Zhong‐yuan Li
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Jing;Yao Chen;Zhong‐yuan Li
In this article, the nonmodal self-heating phenomenon of linear shear flow [A. D. Rogava, Astrophys. Space Sci. 293, 189 (2004)] is investigated with an initially excited Alfvenic perturbation focusing on the factors determining the efficiency of the heating process. It is found that to get an efficient self-heating process, the initial Alfven wave must be at least partially transformed into the fast mode. This is because only the fast mode, among the three types of magnetohydrodynamic modes, can get amplified significantly by the shear flow. This requires the initial wave number along the shear to be positive so that the Spatial Fourier Harmonics can pass through the degeneration region, and also puts constraints on the plasma parameter β [β=CS2∕VA2, where CS (VA) is the sound (Alfvenic) velocity]. It is shown that the self-heating function, which represents the total energy dissipated at a certain time, decreases monotonically with increasing β. In addition, to get efficient heating the viscous coeffici...