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Testing for Markovian Character and Modeling of Intermittency in Solar Wind Turbulence
We present results of statistical analysis of solar wind turbulence using an
approach based on the theory of Markov processes. It is shown that the
Chapman-Kolmogorov equation is approximately satisfied for the turbulent
cascade. We evaluate the first two Kramers-Moyal coefficients from experimental
data and show that the solution of the resulting Fokker-Planck equation agrees
well with experimental probability distributions. Our results suggest the
presence of a local transfer mechanism for magnetic field fluctuations in solar
wind turbulence