Physical and Statistical Properties of Uniturbulence

We are investigating turbulence in the theoretical model with inhomogeneity (in the density, in magnetic field etc.) across the background magnetic field. In other words, we take gradients of the Alfven speed perpendicular to the field into account. This generates turbulence which is termed as ‘Uniturbulence’ because it can be generated by unidirectionally propagating waves. The idea of Uniturbulence is that you do not need counterpropagating waves (colliding waves) to generate turbulence anymore, if you have an inhomogeneous Alfven speed perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field. In this case waves propagating through a perpendicularly inhomogeneous field will deform non-linearly.