“Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence: theory, modelling, observations.”

Professor Stanislav Boldyrev
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence plays an essential role in a variety of astrophysical systems, from intergalactic and interstellar media, to stars and planets. Despite more than 40 years of analytical, numerical and observational research, the MHD turbulent cascade is not completely understood. I will present a brief introduction to the theory, discuss new analytic and numerical results on the spectrum and structure of strong incompressible MHD turbulence, and address their astrophysical applications (interstellar scintillation, solar wind).