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Generalized dimensions for fluctuations in the solar wind.

Wiesław M Macek¹, Roberto Bruno, Giuseppe Consolini

¹Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, College of Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Dewajtis 5, 01-815 Warsaw, Poland. macek@cbk.waw.pl

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Space Physics
Plasma Physics
Nonlinear Dynamics

Background:

Solar wind plasma exhibits complex behaviors in the inner heliosphere.
Alfvénic turbulence is a key component of solar wind dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze solar wind plasma velocity time series.
To investigate the multifractal structure of the solar wind attractor.
To reduce noise in observational data for clearer analysis.

Main Methods:

Utilized Helios 2 spacecraft data from the inner heliosphere.
Applied singular-value decomposition filtering to reduce data noise.
Calculated generalized dimensions to characterize the attractor's structure.

Main Results:

Singular-value decomposition effectively filtered noise from solar wind velocity data.
The solar wind attractor in the inner heliosphere displays a multifractal structure.
The multifractal spectrum aligns with a weighted baker's map model.

Conclusions:

The solar wind exhibits complex, multifractal dynamics in the inner heliosphere.
Data filtering techniques are crucial for revealing underlying physical structures.
The findings support models of self-similar processes in turbulent plasmas.