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earth and planetary sciences

Toward a Greater Understanding of the Reduction of Drift Coefficients in the Presence of Turbulence

Astrophysical Journal, Volume 841, No. 2, Article 107, Year 2017

Drift effects play a significant role in the transport of charged particles in the heliosphere. A turbulent magnetic field is also known to reduce the effects of particle drifts. The exact nature of this reduction, however, is not clear. This study aims to provide some insight into this reduction and proposes a relatively simple, tractable means of modeling it that provides results in reasonable agreement with numerical simulations of the drift coefficient in a turbulent magnetic field.

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