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The “direct interaction approximation” of Kraichnan as modified by Kadomtsev is employed to develop a two-dimensional strong turbulence theory which predicts both nonlinear frequency broadening and a power law for the spectrum of a convecting plasma containing a gravitationally induced cross field current. These results are favorably compared with experimental observations, numerical simulations, and previous studies1 of turbulent cross field convection of current-carrying plasma.
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Sudan, R.N. and M.J. Keskinen, Phys. Fluids, 22, 2305, 1979; Keskinen, M.J., Phys. Rev. Lett., 47, 344, 1981.
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Keskinen, M.J. (1985). Theory of Strongly Turbulent Two-Dimensional Cross Field Convection of Current Carrying Space Plasmas. In: Kundu, M.R., Holman, G.D. (eds) Unstable Current Systems and Plasma Instabilities in Astrophysics. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 107. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6520-1_51
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