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Main Authors: Babaei, Hassan, Dai, Mimi
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.10804
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author Babaei, Hassan
Dai, Mimi
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Dai, Mimi
contents In turbulent flows, the Kolmogorov wavenumber characterizes the smallest scales at which viscous effects dominate. A mathematical analogue of this notion first introduced by Foias and Prodi [8] -- a determining wavenumber -- quantifies the minimal set of modes that uniquely determine the long-time behavior of solutions. Extending this framework from the Navier-Stokes equations to magnetized plasma models, we focus on the Hall-MHD and Electron-MHD turbulence in sub-ion and dissipation ranges. We prove existence of time-dependent determining wavenumbers for weak solutions of the Hall- and electron-MHD, improving upon previous results that were not optimal and lacked any comparison with phenomenological dissipation scales. Under explicit scale-localized intermittency assumptions, we show that their time averages are bounded above by Kolmogorov-like dissipation wavenumbers predicted by phenomenological studies of plasma turbulence. For strong electron-MHD solutions, we also establish a uniform bound on the magnetic determining wavenumber from Besov regularity.
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spellingShingle Determining wavenumbers for Hall and electron magnetohydrodynamics turbulence
Babaei, Hassan
Dai, Mimi
Analysis of PDEs
In turbulent flows, the Kolmogorov wavenumber characterizes the smallest scales at which viscous effects dominate. A mathematical analogue of this notion first introduced by Foias and Prodi [8] -- a determining wavenumber -- quantifies the minimal set of modes that uniquely determine the long-time behavior of solutions. Extending this framework from the Navier-Stokes equations to magnetized plasma models, we focus on the Hall-MHD and Electron-MHD turbulence in sub-ion and dissipation ranges. We prove existence of time-dependent determining wavenumbers for weak solutions of the Hall- and electron-MHD, improving upon previous results that were not optimal and lacked any comparison with phenomenological dissipation scales. Under explicit scale-localized intermittency assumptions, we show that their time averages are bounded above by Kolmogorov-like dissipation wavenumbers predicted by phenomenological studies of plasma turbulence. For strong electron-MHD solutions, we also establish a uniform bound on the magnetic determining wavenumber from Besov regularity.
title Determining wavenumbers for Hall and electron magnetohydrodynamics turbulence
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.10804