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Diana and Her Nymphs in a Clearing
Jansen, Guido. "Diana and Her Nymphs in a Clearing." In The Leiden Collection Catalogue. Edited by Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. https://www.theleidencollection.com/archive/ (accessed January 19, 2020).
The goddess Diana, recognizable by the crescent moon in her beautifully pinned-up hair, is portrayed in wooded surroundings. Dressed in a short gown, as described by Ovid in the Metamorphoses, she holds a bloody arrow in her left hand and a bow in her right hand. Diana's companions—six nymphs—have sat down to rest after having tended to her hunting horn, quiver, cloak and one of the hounds; several other nymphs can be seen behind the trees in the background. This scene refers to Ovid's narrative:
Here the goddess of the wild woods, when weary with the chase, was wont to bathe her maiden limbs in the crystal water. On this day, having come to the grotto, she gives to the keeping of her armor-bearer among her nymphs her hunting spear, her quiver, and her unstrung bow; another takes on her arm the robe she has laid by; two unbind her sandals from her feet. But Theban Crocale, defter than the rest, binds into a knot the locks which have fallen down her mistress's neck, her own locks streaming free the while (book 3, lines 162–70).1
Godefridus Schalcken certainly knew his Ovid.2 His father, Cornelius Schalckius (1610/11–74), a doctor of theology, was rector of the Latin School in Dordrecht, which explains why he is known by the Latinized form of his name (Cornelis Schalcken). Godefridus attended his father's school, and was initially trained—as were his brothers Balthasar (1637–79) and Johannes (1660–1724)—to study theology, for which extensive knowledge of Latin was essential. Godefridus, however, struck out on his own path. In the words of Houbraken, his contemporary and fellow townsman, "his love of art made him bid farewell to the study of languages, even though he was far advanced in them."3
Diana and Her Nymphs in a Clearing also exists in two other versions, both of which are on panel. The best known version is to be found in the collection of the Counts of Schönborn at Schloss Weißenstein in Pommersfelden (fig 1), where it has been documented since 1729.4 The second version was last seen at a sale at Sotheby's in London in 1993. Beherman prefers this latter version to the one in Pommersfelden, probably for good reason, because it is now clear that it once belonged to the renowned eighteenth-century collections of Jan Bisschop (1680–1771) in Rotterdam and John Hope (1737–84) in Amsterdam.5
The three versions are nearly identical: apart from the support, they differ only in size. The version discussed here is on canvas and measures 82.6 x 66.4 cm, whereas the dimensions of the panel in Pommersfelden are 83 x 62 cm, and the work seen at the 1993 sale in London measured 84 x 66.5 cm. Despite the lack of a signature on all these versions, there is no reason to doubt Schalcken's authorship. It is striking, however, that the master repeated this evidently successful composition more than once, so it is not unreasonable to assume that his pupils contributed significantly to one or more versions.
In general, versions on panel would have been preferred over those on canvas, because wooden supports were more expensive than linen. This rule, however, does not always apply to the work of Schalcken. We know, for example, that in 1690 he painted the portrait of Maria Anna of Pfalz-Neuburg (1667–1740), the sister of the Elector in Düsseldorf, on canvas, whereas the version produced by studio assistants is on panel.6 Because the three versions of Diana and Her Nymphs in a Clearing are so close in quality, only firsthand comparison of all three works would enable one to determine which is Schalcken's autograph version and to what extent the replicas were produced by studio assistants.
Beherman dated the versions he knew to around 1680–85, which, in my opinion, is too early. The palette—with its pleasant, light colors verging in some cases on pastel shades—and the long, elegant figure of Diana indicate that all three versions must have originated later, sometime between about 1685 and 1692, the year Schalcken moved to London. In that period Schalcken had a number of his best pupils working in his studio: Arnold Boonen (1669–1729),7 who was in any case active in the studio from 1 December 1685 to 3 December 1687; Richard Morris (1670–89),8 who is documented on 1 December 1685 as Schalcken's pupil; and Justus van Bentum (1670–1727), whom we know only from listings in old catalogues, where he is mentioned as a pupil of Schalcken.9 In view of Boonen's and Morris's success in approaching their teacher's manner, it certainly should come as no surprise that Schalcken managed, with the help of these three assistants, to produce three paintings of equally high quality.
Schalcken's subject of choice from sacred history was evidently Mary Magdalene, but the goddess Diana was his favorite theme from ancient history and mythology. His earliest Diana dates from around 1680, when he portrayed Magdalena de la Court (1661–1712) at approximately 18 years of age as the goddess of the hunt. He depicted her without a crescent moon adorning her hair, but with a bow and arrow hunting in a wooded landscape.10 In the mid-1680s Schalcken used the genre of the portrait historié more frequently, when portraying, for example, several other young women as Diana and Two Companions, a painting for which a preparatory drawing survives.11 This portrayal and the somewhat earlier Goddess Diana Out Hunting in a Wood, which some are also inclined to see as a portrait historié,12 served as the examples for the three depictions of Diana and Her Nymphs in a Clearing, whose most important pictorial elements can be traced to those two works.
Fig 1. Godefridus Schalcken, Diana and Her Nymphs, ca. 1675–85, oil on copper, 83.5 x 66 cm, Sammlung Graf von Schönborn, Schloss Weißenstein, Pommersfelden
Godefridus Schalcken, Diana and Her Nymphs, ca. 1675–85, oil on copper, 83.5 x 66 cm, Sammlung Graf von Schönborn, Schloss Weißenstein, Pommersfelden
Eric Jan Sluijter pointed out this passage in 2009 in an e-mail to Nancy Minty. The English translation was taken from the Loeb Classical Library edition, translated by Frank Justus Miller and revised by G. P. Goold.
That Schalcken was very familiar with Ovid is apparent from the motto he gave one of his prints: Man Wearing a Tall Hat Who Makes an Obscene Gesture with His Right Hand bears the caption "Quam memiuisse juvat," a quotation from the Metamorphoses, book 9, verse 485; for the print, see George S. Keyes, Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts ca. 1450–1700, ed. Karel G. Boon, 58 vols. (Amsterdam, 1949–2010), 24: 152, no. 1 with illustration.
"De genegenheid tot de Konst deed hem de oeffening der talen, schoon hy daar in veer gevordert was, vaar wel zeggen." Arnold Houbraken, De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen, 3 vols. (The Hague, 1718–21), 3:175. Houbraken and Schalcken must have known each other well, for they cosigned a document drawn up by the notary Jacob van Dyck on 7 October 1689; Gemeentearchief Dordrecht, ONA 20.517, unnumbered folio. That Schalcken received an excellent, well-rounded education also emerges from the appreciative words written about him by George Vertue (1684–1756): "Besides his Art, his gracefull behaviour & courtesie gaind him respect & esteem among people of Qualitie & distinction" (see George Vertue, "Vertue Note Books volume II," Walpole Society 20 [1931–32]: 139). Proof of Schalcken's knowledge of Latin is provided by the dedication written by the German-born artist Johan Frederik Boddecker (1648–1727) on an engraving he made after Jan de Baen's portrait of the Hague physician Cornelis Solingen (1641–87), which he apparently presented to Schalcken. The handwritten dedication reads: D. Godofredo Scalkio Apellis facile filio. See the print sale presided over by Anton W. M. Mensing at Frederik Muller's in Amsterdam on 11 December 1906, lot 54 with illustration.
Hermann Maué and Sonja Brink, Die Grafen von Schönborn: Kirchenfürsten, Sammler, Mäzene (Exh. cat. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg) (Nuremberg, 1989), 437–38, no. 346; Thierry Beherman, Godfried Schalcken (Paris, 1988), no. 30bis.
Thierry Beherman, Godfried Schalcken (Paris, 1988), no. 30. This painting, last seen at a sale held at Sotheby's in London on 8 December 1993 (lot 105), was previously described with Jan Bisschop's collection in Gerard Hoet and Pieter Terwesten, Catalogus of naamlyst van schilderyen, met derzelven pryzen, zedert een langen reeks van jaaren zoo, 3 vols. (The Hague, 1752–70), 2: 530. In the 1771 inventory of Bisschop's estate, it is listed as "Diana ter jagt gaande, zijnde een morgenstondt met veel beelden, h. 2:8, b. 2:2 d. [height 2:8, width 2:2 thumbs]" (Diana preparing for the hunt, being a dawn scene with many figures, approx. 84 x 68 cm; the conversion into centimeters is based on the Rhine thumb, which was the one commonly used in Rotterdam); E. Wiersum, "Het schilderijen-kabinet van Jan Bisschop te Rotterdam," Oud Holland 28 (1910): 172. Bisschop's collection of paintings was bought en bloc by John Hope in Amsterdam. After his death, a small part of the collection was sold at auction by his widow in Amsterdam on 10 August 1785. That sale included, in any case, lot 288: "Diana ter Jagt gaande, zynde een Morgenstond; op paneel, 32 x 26 d. [thumbs]" (Diana preparing for the hunt, being a dawn scene, on panel, approx. 82 x 67 cm; this conversion is based on the Amsterdam thumb); J. W. Niemeijer, "De kunstverzameling van John Hope (1737–1784)," Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 32 (1981): 196. Given its large width, it is very likely that the work from the Bisschop and Hope collections appeared earlier in the sale of the collection of the burgomaster Mattheus van den Broucke in Dordrecht on 17 June 1717, where it was described as "Diana met haer Nymphen in een Bosch door Schalken, 2 en een drie vierde v. h., 2 v. 2 d. br. [height 2¾ feet, width 2 feet 2 thumbs]" (Diana with her nymphs in a forest by Schalcken, approx. 86 x 68 cm"; these measurements are based on the Rhine thumb); see Gerard Hoet and Pieter Terwesten, Catalogus of naamlyst van schilderyen, met derzelven pryzen, 2 vols. ('s Gravenhage, 1752), 1:211, no. 5. This Van den Broucke Jr. was the son of the Dordrecht merchant and burgomaster of the same name, whose portrait Schalcken had previously painted and whose portrait by Samuel van Hoogstraten was engraved by Schalcken in 1677; Thierry Beherman, Godfried Schalcken (Paris, 1988), no. 80, with illustrations of both works. For Schalcken's print, see George S. Keyes, Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts ca. 1450–1700, ed. Karel G. Boon, 58 vols. (Amsterdam, 1949–), 24:153, no. 3.
Thierry Beherman, Godfried Schalcken (Paris, 1988), 407, nos. 314 and 379; in 2012 the canvas was with the art dealer Johnny Van Haeften in London; see Guido M. C. Jansen in Portret in portret in de Nederlandse kunst 1550-2012, ed. Sabine Craft-Giepmans and Annette de Vries (Exh. cat. Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum) (Dordrecht, 2012), no. 36, 148–49, 307. An equally large repetition on panel by Schalcken's studio is now in a private collection in The Hague; Johannes Erichsen and Katharina Heinemann, eds., Brennpunkt Europas 1704: Die Schlacht von Höchstädt—The Battle of Blenheim (Ostfildern 2004), 98, no. 1.03, ill. in color on p. 30.
Schalcken was accustomed to taking his pupils along to the notary's whenever he had business there. Arnold Boonen, for example, and Schalcken cosigned notarial documents in Dordrecht from 1 December 1685 to 3 December 1687. This last document, drawn up by the notary F. Beudt (Gemeentearchief Dordrecht ONA 20.548 unnumbered folio) was signed not only by "Arnoldus" but also by his brother "Corstiaen Boonen," who can therefore also be registered as Schalcken's pupil and to whom a woman's portrait of 1694, signed "C.L. Boonen," can perhaps be attributed; see RKD databases, Excerpts, HdG-fiche 1059749.
On 1 December 1685, Richard Morris signed in full, together with Arnoldus Boonen, a document drawn up by the notary Arent van Neten, as evidenced by the act of conveyance for a hectare of land inherited by Françoisia van Diemen, Schalcken's wife; unpublished archival notes of Abraham Bredius, kept at the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History), Schalcken file. Morris's only known painting, now on the Dutch art market, portrays an "Oude man met een uil op de hand" (Old man with an owl perched on his hand) and is described as such in the estate sale of Seger Tierens, held in The Hague on 23 July 1743, lot 166: "Een oud mannetje met een Uil op de Hand, door R. Moris, voornaam Discipel van G. Schalke, zynde vroeg gestorven, daarom weinig bekend, h. 1 voet en drie vierde d., br. 10 en een vierde d. [height 1 foot and ¾ thumb, width 10¼ thumbs]" (An old man with an owl perched on his hand, by R. Morris, distinguished pupil of G. Schalcken, having died young and therefore little known, 33 x 27 cm); Gerard Hoet and Pieter Terwesten, Catalogus of naamlyst van schilderyen, met derzelven pryzen, zedert een langen reeks van jaaren zoo, 3 vols. (The Hague, 1752–70), 2: 108, no. 166.
See the entry on Justus van Bentum by J. Hein in Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, 61 vols. (Sauer, 1982–), 9: 178–80.
Thierry Beherman, Godfried Schalcken (Paris, 1988), 165, no. 66.
Thierry Beherman, Godfried Schalcken (Paris, 1988), 119, no. 32; for the drawing, see in Guido M. C. Jansen, "Additions to Godfried Schalcken's Oeuvre as a Draftsman," The Hoogsteder Mercury 13–14 (1992): 77–78, ill. 7.
Thierry Beherman, Godfried Schalcken (Paris, 1988), 118, no. 31; see also the catalogue of the Van Haeften gallery in London, 1997, no. 34, as "A portrait of a lady as the Goddess Diana out hunting in a wood." In addition to the above-mentioned representations of Diana, we also know a Bust of the Goddess Diana; Thierry Beherman, Godfried Schalcken (Paris, 1988), 314, no. 218, last seen at a sale at Sotheby's in London, 7 December 1994, lot 256. An unpublished drawing of the same dimensions as the painting (black chalk, 45 x 32 cm) is now in the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden (inv. no. FM I-229). Although the drawing bears the signature Dirck van Deyl delin: 1680(?), the work should be attributed to Schalcken himself. The Hunting Diana signed by Schalcken—which was sold on 3 July 1990 in London at Phillips as lot 106 (oil on panel, 27 x 21 cm) and acquired at that time by the Galleria Luigi Caretto in Turin—can no longer be assigned to Schalcken, because it is actually the work of a pupil or follower. See Caretto Gallerie, Mostra maestri fiamminghi ed olandesi del XVI–XVII secolo (exh. cat. Turin, Caretto Gallerie) (Turin, 1991), no. 28.
(story of) Diana (Artemis)
(story of) Ovid
artist (in general) (+ the work of art and its production)
classical history
Diana hunting
Diana hunting with her nymphs
earth, world as a celestial body
forest, wood
forest, wood - HH - ideal landscapes
landscapes in the temperate zone
male persons from classical history
male persons from classical history (with NAME)
non-aggressive, friendly or neutral activities and relationships of Diana
the great goddesses of Heaven, and their train
Possibly Mattheus van den Broucke (1620–85), Dordrecht (his sale, Dordrecht, 17 June 1717, no. 5).
Possibly Jan Bisschop (1680–1771), Rotterdam (his sale, Rotterdam, 5–6 June, 24 June, 15 July 1771, p. 12).
Possibly T. C. P. Haag (his sale, The Hague, Bonte, 21 December 1812, no. 4 [Leesberge for 70 florins].
Baroness LeeAnn de Gidro (d. 1962), Budapest and New York (by 1938); by descent to Michael Gidro, until 2008 (Sotheby's, New York, 24 January 2008, no. 10 [Johnny van Haeften, London, 2008]).
From whom acquired by the present owner in 2008.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, on loan with the permanent collection, January 2010–June 2012 [lent by the present owner].
McCarthy, Alexa. "Diana and Her Nymphs in a Clearing." In Rembrandt and His Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection. Edited by Lara Yeager-Crasselt, 110–11; 183, no. 45. Translated by Li Ying. Exh. cat. Beijing, National Museum of China. Beijing, 2017.
Long Museum, West Bund. Rembrandt, Vermeer and Hals in the Dutch Golden Age: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection. Exh. cat. Shanghai, Long Museum, West Bund. Shanghai, 2017, 118, 120.
McCarthy, Alexa. "Diana and Her Nymphs in a Clearing." In The Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer: Masterpieces of The Leiden Collection. Edited by Polina Lyubimova, 202–3; 246, no. 68. Translated by Daria Babich and Daria Kuzina. Exh. cat. Moscow, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts; St. Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum. Moscow, 2018.
The support, a single piece of fine, twill-weave fabric, has been lined. All four tacking margins have been removed and paper tape extends into the face of the painting. Linear cracks and old tack holes along the perimeter indicate the outer edges of the image were once used as tacking margins and have since been turned out and reincorporated into the painting. There is slight cusping along all but the left edge. There are two paper labels and four numerical inscriptions on the stretcher members but no wax seals, canvas stamps or stencils on the lining fabric or stretcher reverse.
A double ground, red over gray, has been applied. The paint has been applied in both transparent glazes and opaque layers with smooth transitions with no use of impasto.
The landscape and shadowed figures are painted in transparent washes over the ground, and the brightly lit figures are painted opaquely. The red ground is used as a mid-tone.
A sketch executed in fluid medium is visible in infrared images captured at 780–1700 nanometers. Compositional alterations apparent in the images include the following: the profile of Diana's proper left leg was changed; a bird drawn along the diagonal branch above the nymph was not executed in paint; the dog's snout was shifted; the back nymph facing forward and gazing down was painted over an intended tree trunk, which was painted narrower than sketched; and changes were made to the folds of the bright pink drape below the quiver. Almost none of the composition is visible in the X-radiograph; only the brightest highlights are radio-opaque.
The painting is unsigned and undated.
The painting was cleaned and restored in 2005 and remains in a good state of preservation.1
Entry based on 2011 examination report by Kate Smith, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and examination of the X-radiograph composite and image of reverse.
Versions and Copies
Godefridus Schalcken, Diana and Her Nymphs, ca. 1675–85, oil on copper, 83.5 x 66 cm, Sammlung Graf von Schönborn, Schloss Weißenstein, Pommersfelden (since 1746), inv. no. 520 (reproduced in Thierry Beherman, Godfried Schalcken [Paris, 1988], 115–17, no. 30bis).
Godefridus Schalcken, Diana and Her Nymphs, ca. 1675–85, oil on panel, 84 x 66.5 cm, whereabouts unknown, formerly private collection, Brussels (reproduced in Thierry Beherman, Godfried Schalcken [Paris, 1988], 115–17, no. 30).


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go-randomdata
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randomdata is a tiny help suite for generating random data such as
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```go get github.com/Pallinder/go-randomdata```

### Documentation
http://godoc.org/github.com/Pallinder/go-randomdata

### Usage
```go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/Pallinder/go-randomdata"
)

func main() {
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	fmt.Println(randomdata.SillyName())

	// Print a male first name
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}

```

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Denise Richards takes baby Eloise out
Lucienne Molnar July 4, 2011 12:20 am January 1, 2017 0 966
Just a few days after the news that Denise Richards had adopted a little girl, the actress is seen walking with baby Eloise and her two other daughters, Us magazine reports.
On Thursday, "It's complicated" reality TV show star has been spotted by paparazzi taking her three girls for a walk. Richards was holding her recently adopted daughter Eloise Joni in her arms. Her two older daughters, Sam, who is 7 years old and Lola, who is 6 years old, were on her left and on her right, holding on to a big rd bag the actress was carrying.
Baby Joni cannot really be seen, as Richards has made efforts in keeping her out of the camera's sneaky eye. A source close to the Wild Things star tells that the four girls couldn't avoid going out that day. "At some point, they wanted to leave the house!". The same source added that Richards is a great mother and the two big sister are also happy having a new member in the family. "The whole family is thrilled. Denise is a fabulous mother and the girls are great big sisters."
At the time of the adoption, Denise Richards' representative had told the press that "Denise and Eloise's big sisters couldn't be happier and feel incredibly blessed". The baby was adopted domestically and the name has a special meaning in Denise's life – it is the name of her mother who, in 2007, lost the battle with cancer. Joni Eloise is the first and only adopted daughter in the Richards family.
Sam J and her younger sister Lola Rose are the natural daughters of Denise and the former Two And A Half Men star, Charlie Sheen. The pregnancies were difficult, not for physical reasons, but more for emotional reasons. The now 40-year-old Denise, went through a difficult time in her marriage when, almost a year after giving birth to Sam and while pregnant with Lola, she split from Charlie and later obtained a restraining order against her husband. She claimed that he was a real threat for her life and for the girls.
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Window damaged at historic Polson Building during viaduct demolition
Posted 6:01 PM, March 4, 2019, by Brian Flores
SEATTLE - It's been almost three weeks since crews began demolishing the Alaskan Way Viaduct, and some businesses near the demolition are noticing an impact. We revisited one business to see how the demolition impacts their daily routine.
We first visited LaDonna Schuh just before the viaduct demolition began, and her excitement then is about the same as the excitement now.
"You can tell we're slowly getting more daylight into this building and it's fantastic," said Schuh.
Schuh works for a company called Suji's Korean Cuisine inside Seattle's historic Polson Building. The building dates back to 1905, so sensitivity to the building during the demolition is important.
Demolition begins on Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct
"They can't get everything, and so little pings flying, stuff like that. I think overall, they did a really good job," said Schuh.
But for LaDonna, who has a sensitivity to dust, unfortunately some of it has creeped into the building. She's now forced to wear a mask.
"So yes the dust has affected me, it has come into the building. Our building here, ramped up the air filters," she said. "But I've had to wear a bit of a face mask. And I've had to experiment with allergy medications just to get by."
And on the outside, for Polson Building superintendent Stephen Elder, his job is to keep an eye on the building every day.
"I make sure all the windows are intact, nothing's getting trashed too badly," said Elder.
The challenges of safely demolishing the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle
According to Elder, there has been some minor damage to the building since the demolition.
"Well so far, we've had a window broken, rock chip. We've had several impacts on the building where the rocks have hit and not yet gone through," said Elder.
Despite WSDOT and contractor crews constantly watering down dust and mitigating debris as best they can, Elder's concern is that somebody could get hurt.
"If you're here with your son or daughter, this may have been on them instead of the window," he said.
Viaduct demolition brings out curiosity, emotions
According to WSDOT, this marks the first complaint construction contractor Kiewit has received since the demolition began. According to Elder, he met with WSDOT and the contractor last week when the window broke.
In a statement WSDOT said:
"The contractor and WSDOT are working with properties located near the viaduct to be as responsive as possible to their concerns. In the case of the Polson building, the contractor met with building representatives last Thursday to document a cracked window for repair at no cost to the building. The building representative was also assured that during the time the roadway deck is under demolition, netting will be set up to reduce the risk of debris reaching the building."
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\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:intro}

A familiar perspective on the hydromagnetic description of astrophysical and laboratory plasma turbulence begins with the
interaction of oppositely propagating large amplitude incompressible wave packets \citep{iroshnikov64,kraichnan65}. Various
nonlinear phenomenologies are built on this paradigm \citep{DMV80a,velli89, MatthaeusEA99,galtier00,verdini09,NgBhattacharjee}.
An essential feature is that large amplitude perturbations in which velocity ${\bf u}$ and magnetic field ${\bf b}$ fluctuations
are Alfv\'enically correlated, i.e. either ${\bf u} = (c_A/B_0) {\bf b}$ or  ${\bf u} = - (c_A/B_0) {\bf b}$ (where $c_A$ and
$B_0$ are uniform background Alfv\'en velocity and magnetic field, respectively), are exact stable solutions to the equations of
incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) \citep{elsasser50,chandrasekhar56}.  One thread emerging from this concerns the
analysis of colliding wave packets to reveal properties of the MHD turbulence spectrum \citep{kraichnan65}.

A different emphasis was given by \citet{moffatt78} and \citet{parker79}. Both of these treatments analyzed the collision of
large amplitude incompressible, ideal Alfv\'en wave packets noting that nonlinear interaction and mutual distortion of the
wave packets are limited to the span of time during which they spatially overlap. Both {\it Moffatt} and {\it Parker} argued
(somewhat differently, as discussed later) that the packets eventually separate and propagate once again undisturbed without
further interactions. This paper addresses two questions that arise when trying to apply this physical insight to high
temperature extraterrestrial plasmas such as the solar wind, where such large amplitude Alfv\'enic fluctuations are routinely
observed \citep{BelcherDavis71}, or solar corona, where the interaction of Alfv\'enic wave packets is thought to occur
\citep{MatthaeusEA99-coronal}. First, both compressibility effects and kinetic plasma are likely to be important in space
applications, and we ask if these give rise to significant departures from the the Parker-Moffatt scenario. Second, we ask whether
the proposed separation of the packets after collision is realized as envisioned, or if a wake of non-propagating disturbances
might remain after very long times. We address these specific questions using a compressible MHD model and a hybrid Vlasov model.
Broader questions that emerge will be discussed in the concluding remarks.

In dealing with low Mach number quasi-incompressible fluid or MHD models, either in numerical simulations
\citep{orszag71,OrszagPatterson72,KraichnanMontgomery80}, applications \citep{DMV80b,MatthaeusEA99-coronal}, or in analytical
theory \citep{OrszagLesHouches,OughtonEA06}, one routinely deals with two significant properties: first, the dominant quadratic
couplings are of the form ${\bf k} = {\bf p} + {\bf q}$, transferring energy into (or from) Fourier mode with wave-vector $\bf k$
due to nonlinear interactions with  modes at wave-vectors $\bf p$ and $\bf q$. One concludes that in general (unless, e.g., all
excited wave vectors are co-linear) one expects excitations to spread rapidly among many wave-vectors, a process that over time
can produce complex mixing and turbulent flows. Second, incompressible MHD nonlinear evolution proceeds as $\partial  z^+_i
/\partial t \sim -z^-_j \nabla_j z^+_i$ and $\partial  z^-_i /\partial t \sim -z^+_j \nabla_j z^-_i$ in terms of Els\"asser
variables $z^\pm_j = u_j \pm b_j$ ($j$th components of velocity field $u_j$ and magnetic field $b_j$ in Alfv\'en speed units),
thus allowing the immediate conclusion that nonlinear couplings vanish unless the Els\"asser fields ${\bf z}^+$ and ${\bf z}^-$
have nonzero overlap somewhere in space. These properties not only provide motivation for the Alfv\'en wave packet collision
problem, but also enter into some of its complexity as an elementary interaction that generates turbulence
\citep{kraichnan65,DMV80b,howes13,drake16}.

Beyond the assumption of incompressibility, we may anticipate genuinely compressible and kinetic effects that warrant examination
in the large amplitude wave packets collision problem. In the solar wind for example, many intervals, especially within 1 AU
\citep{BrunoEA} or at high latitudes \citep{McComasEA00} are highly Alfv\'enic, but even within such intervals there are mixtures
of Els\"asser amplitudes, small density variations, and a small parallel variance, as in the well-quoted ``5:4:1'' variance ratio
reported by \citet{BelcherDavis71}. There have also been reports of interplanetary magneto-sonic wave packets interaction
\citep{he15}, while the great power-law in the interstellar medium \citep{ArmstrongEA81} is associated with electron density
fluctuations that may be either propagating or non-propagating \citep{ZankMatthaeus92}. Furthermore in plasmas such as the solar
wind, at smaller scales near the ion inertial scale, one expects kinetic properties \citep{AlexandrovaEA08} such as spectral
steepening \citep{bruno13}, dispersive wave effects \citep{SahraouiEA07,GaryEA10} of both Kinetic Alfv\'en Wave and whistler
types, along with temperature anisotropy, beams and other distortions of the proton velocity distribution function (VDF)
\citep{marsch06,valentini07,servidio12,valentini14,servidio15}. These complications place the problem of collisions of Alfv\'en
wave packets in a much more complex framework.

\section{Models and Approach}
\label{sec:model}

Motivated by these considerations, we revisit the problem of two colliding large amplitude Alfv\'en wave packets by means of
compressible fluid and kinetic Vlasov-Maxwell simulations. The shown results are from a magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) model and a
hybrid kinetic plasma (HVM) model. Both retain $2.5$ dimensions in the physical space, with three Cartesian fluid velocities and
field components, but with gradients only in the $(x,y)$ plane. The HVM model has also a three dimensional velocity space grid.

It is clear that this problem would be better addressed in a high resolution fully 3D representation in physical space. However,
computational cost limits accessible 3D simulations to relatively low spatial resolution. This present geometry is favored because
it allows for a large system size, that, in turn, ensures a large Reynolds number and hence MHD like turbulent dynamics
\citep{parasharEA15}, as well as a realistic realization of compressive fluctuations/parallel variances  \citep{ParasharEA16}.

The dimensionless MHD equations are:
\begin{eqnarray}
& \partial_t \rho +\nabla \cdot (\rho {\bf u})=0 \label{eq:HMHD1} \\
& \partial_t {\bf u} +({\bf u}\cdot \nabla){\bf u}= -\frac{{\tilde \beta}}{2\rho}\nabla (\rho T)+ \frac{1}{\rho}
\left[(\nabla \times {\bf B})\times {\bf B}\right]\label{eq:HMHD2} \\
& \partial_t {\bf B} = \nabla \times \left( {\bf u}\times {\bf B} \right) \label{eq:HMHD3} \\
& \partial_t T + ({\bf u}\cdot \nabla)T + (\gamma -1)T(\nabla \cdot {\bf u})=0 \label{eq:HMHD4}
\end{eqnarray}
In Eqs. (\ref{eq:HMHD1})--(\ref{eq:HMHD4}) spatial coordinates ${\bf x}=(x,y)$ and time $t$ are respectively normalized to
$\tilde{L}$ and $\tilde{t}_A=\tilde{L}/\tilde{c}_A$. The magnetic field ${\bf B}={\bf B}_0 + {\bf b}$ is scaled to the typical
magnetic field ${\tilde B}$, while mass density $\rho$, fluid velocity ${\bf u}$, temperature $T$ and pressure $p=\rho T$ are
scaled to typical values ${\tilde \rho}$, ${\tilde c}_A={\tilde B}/(4\pi {\tilde \rho})^{1/2}$, ${\tilde T}$ and ${\tilde
p}=2\kappa_B {\tilde \rho}{\tilde T}/m_p$ (being $\kappa_B$ the Boltzmann constant and $m_p$ the proton mass), respectively.
Moreover, ${\tilde \beta}={\tilde p}/({\tilde B}^2/8\pi)$ is a typical value for the kinetic to magnetic pressure ratio; $\gamma
=5/3$ is the adiabatic index. Details about the numerical algorithm can be found in \citet{vasconez15,pucci16}.

The kinetic simulations solve the hybrid Vlasov-Maxwell equations system \citep{valentini07} in which the proton distribution
function is numerically evolved while electrons are a massless Maxwellian, isothermal fluid. Dimensionless HVM equations are:
\begin{eqnarray}
& \partial_t f + {\bf v} \cdot \nabla f + \frac{1}{{\tilde \epsilon}} \left( {\bf E}+{\bf v}\times{\bf
B}\right)\cdot \nabla_{\bf v} f =0 \label{eq:hvm1} \\
& {\bf E}= -{\bf u}\times {\bf B} + \frac{{\tilde \epsilon}}{n} \left({\bf j}\times{\bf B}-\frac{{\tilde \beta}}{2}\nabla
P_e\right) \label{eq:hvm2} \\
& \frac{\partial {\bf B}}{\partial t}=-\nabla \times {\bf E} \;\;\; ; \;\;\; \nabla \times {\bf B}={\bf j} \label{eq:hvm3}
\end{eqnarray}
where $f = f({\bf x},{\bf v},t)$ is the proton distribution function. In Eqs. (\ref{eq:hvm1})--(\ref{eq:hvm3}), velocities ${\bf
v}$ are scaled to the Alfv\'en speed ${\tilde c_A}$, while the proton number density $n=\int f\, d^3v$ and the proton bulk
velocity ${\bf u}=n^{-1}\int {\bf v} f\, d^3v$, obtained as moments of the distribution function, are normalized to
$\tilde{n}=\tilde{\rho}/m_p$ and $\tilde{c}_A$, respectively. The electric field $\bf{E}$, the current density ${\bf j}= {\bf
\nabla}\times{\bf B}$ and the electron pressure $P_e$ are scaled to $\tilde{E}=(\tilde{c}_A \tilde{B})/c$,
$\tilde{j}=c\tilde{B}/(4\pi\tilde{d_p})$ and $\tilde{p}$, respectively. Finally, the parameter ${\tilde \epsilon} = {\tilde
d}_p/{\tilde L}$, where ${\tilde d}_p={\tilde c}_A/{\tilde \Omega}_{cp}$ is the proton skin depth, allows a comparison of fluid
and kinetic scales. Electron inertia effects have been neglected in the Ohm's law and no external resistivity $\eta$ is
introduced. A detailed description of the HVM algorithm can be found in \citet{valentini07,vasconez15,servidio15}.

The simulations are set up as follows. The spatial domain $D(x,y)=[0,8\pi]\times[0,2\pi]$ has been discretized with
$(N_x,N_y)=(1024,256)$ mesh points, thus implying $\Delta x =\Delta y$ and also an anisotropic wave-vectors space. Spatial
boundary conditions are periodic. In the HVM run, we adopted a uniform velocity space grid with $51$ points in each direction, in
the region $v_i=[-v_{max},v_{max}]$, being $v_{max}= 2.5{\tilde c}_A$. Velocity domain boundary conditions assume $f=0$ for $|v_i|
> v_{max}$ ($i=x,y,z$). In our simulation we set $\beta_p=2v_{th,p}^2/{\tilde c}_A^2={\tilde \beta}/2=0.5$, which corresponds to
$v_{max}=5v_{th,p}$, and ${\tilde \epsilon} =9.8\times10^{-2}$. The background magnetic field is mainly perpendicular to the $x-y$
plane, indeed $\mathbf{B_0} = B_0(\sin \vartheta, 0 , \cos \vartheta)$, being $\vartheta=\cos^{-1} \left[\left(\mathbf{B_0} \cdot
{\hat{\bf z}} \right)/B_0\right] = 6^\circ$ and $B_0=|\mathbf{B_0}|$.

We impose large amplitude magnetic ${\bf b}$ and bulk velocity ${\bf u}$ perturbations. Density perturbations are not imposed,
which implies nonzero total pressure fluctuations. In the HVM case, the proton VDF is initially Maxwellian at each spatial
point. Initial perturbations consist of two Alfv\'enic wave packets with opposite velocity-magnetic field correlation, separated
along $x$. Because $B_{0,x}\neq 0$, the packets counter-propagate. The nominal time for the collision, which has been evaluated
from the center of each wave packet, is about $\tau\simeq58.9$.

The magnetic field perturbation $\mathbf{b}$ has been created by initializing energy in the first four wave-numbers in the $y$
direction while, due to the $x$ spatial localization (enforced by projection), many wave-numbers along $x$ are excited initially.
Then, a small $b_z(x,y)$ component has been introduced in such a way that the transverse condition, $\mathbf{B_0} \cdot \mathbf{b}
= 0$, is hold in each domain point. Finally, the velocity field perturbation $\mathbf{u}$ is generated by imposing that
$\mathbf{u}$ and $\mathbf{b}$ are correlated (anti-correlated) for the wave packet which moves against (along) the magnetic field
$B_{0x}$. The intensity of the perturbation is $\langle b\rangle_{rms}/B_0 =0.2$, therefore the Mach number is $M_s = \langle
u\rangle_{rms}/ v_{th,p} = 0.4$. The intensity of fluctuations with respect to the in-plane field $B_{0x}$ is quite strong,
with a value of about $2$. It is worth to note that the inverse of the intensity of the fluctuations with respect to the
in-plane magnetic field is related to the parameter $\tau_{NL}/ \tau_{coll}$, where $\tau_{NL}$ is the characteristic nonlinear
time and $\tau_{coll}$ is the characteristic collision time. If $\tau_{NL}/ \tau_{coll} \lesssim 1$, several nonlinear times occur
in a single collision and wave packets can be significantly perturbed by nonlinear effects. On the other hand, if $\tau_{NL}/
\tau_{coll} > 1$, many collisions are necessary to strongly distort wave packets. By evaluating $\tau_{NL} \simeq \Delta/u$ (wave
packet width $\Delta$, perturbations amplitude $u$) and $\tau_{coll} \simeq \Delta/V$ (in-plane Alfv\'en propagation speed
$V\simeq 0.1 c_A$), it turns out that $\tau_{NL}/ \tau_{coll} \simeq 0.5$. Therefore our simulations stand in a parameter range
where nonlinear effects can be such important that a strong turbulence scenario may be present.

\subsection{Discussion of the Initial Conditions}
\label{sec:IC}

The imposed initial perturbations correspond to two large amplitude Alfv\'en wave packets in the sense that magnetic and velocity
perturbations are fully correlated in each packet, and the packets are separated in space. With zero density variation, a weak
in-plane uniform magnetic field, and a relatively strong out of plane uniform magnetic field, this initial condition is one
for which the reasoning of Moffatt and Parker discussed above would be applicable in the context of an incompressible model.

In addition, the initial data also exactly satisfy the transversality condition $\mathbf{B_0} \cdot \mathbf{b} = 0$, which in
linear compressible MHD would correspond to the Alfv\'en eigenmode, if indeed the amplitude were infinitesimal. Here the
amplitude is large, so small amplitude theory is unlikely to be relevant to the nonlinear evolution. Furthermore, the condition
of the proper Alfv\'en eigenmode obtained in large amplitude compressible MHD theory, namely $B=|{\bf B}|= const$ is not
satisfied by our initial perturbations \citep{Barnes79}. This suggests that pressure and density fluctuations may be generated
during the wave packets evolution. Therefore the initial data are nonlinear eigenmodes of incompressible MHD, but not exact
eigenmodes of compressible MHD. On the other hand we do not expect significant differences because the initial $B=|{\bf B}|$
fluctuations are not very large (less than $10\%$). Future works will analyze the evolution in the case in which $B= const$ at
$t=0$, and in the framework of other plasma models, such as Hall MHD and Particle In Cell (PIC) kinetic plasma models.

\section{Numerical Results}
\label{sec:results}

An overview of the dynamics in the two simulations (MHD and HVM) can be appreciated by inspection of the evolution of the
out-of-plane component of the current density $j_z(x,y)$, reported in Fig. \ref{fig:jz}. Left and right columns of Fig.
\ref{fig:jz} refer to the MHD and HVM simulations, respectively. The rows refer to different instants of time: top, center and
bottom rows respectively indicate $t=29.4$, $t=\tau=58.9$ and $t=88.4$. In both simulations the initially separated wave packets
counter-propagate, approach each other [top panels of Fig. \ref{fig:jz}], and collide at $t=\tau$. During the collision [center
panels of  Fig. \ref{fig:jz}], $j_z$ intensifies, and, since the overlapping wave packets interact nonlinearly, the dynamics
produces small scales that can be easily appreciated by examining the width of the current structures in the center row of Fig.
\ref{fig:jz}. At the final stages of the simulations [bottom panels of Fig. \ref{fig:jz}], the wave packets continue their motion
while displaying a significantly perturbed shape. Indeed the $j_z$ contours indicate that current structures are much more complex
after that the collision occurs. Moreover, their shape exhibits also a curvature which is not anticipated prior to the collision
and which indicates the presence of energy in modes with gradients along the $y$ direction, transverse to the propagation.

The MHD and HVM evolutions exhibit noticeable differences: the MHD case is symmetric with respect to $x=L_x/2 \approx 12.5$,
while this symmetry is lost in the Vlasov run also before the collision [right top panel of Fig. \ref{fig:jz}]. The lack of the
symmetry in the HVM run may be due to the inter-coupling of $B_{0x}$ and dispersive effects which are present in the HVM run and
may cause a different propagation along and against $B_{0x}$. The HVM run also forms smaller scales during the interaction than
in the MHD case. This difference can be appreciated in the right, center panel of Fig. \ref{fig:jz}. Finally, after the collision,
$j_z$ is much more complex in the HVM simulation than in the MHD run. Very thin current sheet structures and secondary ripples are
observed only in the Vlasov case. The nature of these secondary ripples may be associated with the presence of some KAW-like
fluctuations \citep{hollweg99,vasconez15} and will be analyzed in detail in a separate paper.

A point of comparison of our simulations with respect to the theoretical ideas given by Moffatt and Parker is to examine the
behavior of cross helicity. Those theoretical treatments assume ideal non-dissipative conditions, so that the total cross
helicity is conserved and moreover the expectation is that the separate wave packets after the collision have the same cross
helicity as prior to the interaction. Furthermore the initial and final states, in the ideal treatment, have equipartition of flow
and magnetic field energy, with departures from equipartition possible during the interaction. To examine these, Fig.
\ref{fig:hc} shows the temporal evolution of (a) the normalized cross-helicity $\sigma_c(t)$, and (b) the normalized residual
energy $\sigma_r (t)$ \citep{bruno13}, respectively defined as $\sigma_c= (e^+ - e^-) / (e^+ + e^-)$ and $\sigma_r= (e^u - e^b) /
(e^u + e^b)$, where $e^\pm=\langle(\mathbf{z^\pm})^2\rangle/2$, $e^u=\langle\mathbf{u}^2\rangle/2$,
$e^b=\langle\mathbf{b}^2\rangle/2$ and $\mathbf{z^\pm}=\mathbf{u}\pm\mathbf{b}$.

The normalized cross-helicity $\sigma_c(t)$ is well-preserved in the MHD simulation, while, in the kinetic simulation,
$\sigma_c(t)$ displays, around the collision time $\tau$, a significant growth followed by a saturation stage. It is worth to note
that, in the MHD run, $\sigma_c(t)$ is still conserved despite $\sigma_c(t)$ is an invariant of the incompressible MHD while our
MHD simulation is compressible [compressibility could, in principle, break the invariance of $\sigma_c(t)$]. This characteristic
reflects the fact that the compressive fluctuations which are dynamically generated during the MHD evolution are not strong enough
to break the invariance of $\sigma_c(t)$. On the other hand, the breaking of the $\sigma_c$ invariance in the Vlasov run is
associated with the presence of both dispersive and kinetic effects. Indeed, by evaluating the incompressible Hall MHD invariant
$\sigma_g$ (generalized helicity) \citep{turner86,servidio08}, $\sigma_g$ is also not preserved for the HVM run and it shows a
similar behavior of $\sigma_c$ (in particular a jump is recovered at $t\simeq\tau$). This feature suggests that the production of
$\sigma_c(t)$ recovered in the kinetic simulation cannot be associated only with dispersive effects, which are taken into account
in the Hall model, but is also due to the presence of kinetic effects.

In contrast the evolution of the residual energy $\sigma_r (t)$ is very similar in the MHD and HVM simulations. Referring to
Fig. \ref{fig:hc} (b), we see that in the initial stages $\sigma_r\simeq 0$, then $\sigma_r$ strongly oscillates during the wave
packets collisions, first to positive values indicating a positive correlation of the Els\"asser fields, then moving more
strongly towards negative values of correlation, and returning to positive correlation again prior to finally approaching zero
once again. It is clear that during the collision there is substantial exchange of kinetic and magnetic energy, and this is
not greatly influenced by kinetic effects.

In order to compare the role of small scale dynamics in the two cases, we computed the mean square out-of-plane electric current
density $\langle j_z^2\rangle $ as a function of time. This is illustrated in the top panel of Figure \ref{fig:enst} for the
MHD (black) and kinetic HVM (red) runs. In both cases, $\langle j_z^2\rangle (t)$ shows a similar time evolution. In particular,
both models show a peak of $\langle j_z^2\rangle (t)$ around the collision time $t\simeq \tau$. After the collision, a
high-intensity current activity persists and the peak of current activity is reached in the final stage of the simulations.

Other quantities that provide further physical details about the simulations are $\langle \delta \rho^2\rangle $, the density
fluctuations providing a measure of compressibility, and $\langle \mathbf{\omega}^2/2\rangle$, the mean square vorticity or
enstrophy, where $\delta \rho=\rho-\langle\rho\rangle $ and $\mathbf{\omega}={\bf \nabla}\times {\bf u}$. Panels (b) and (c) of
Figure \ref{fig:enst} respectively show $\langle \delta \rho^2\rangle $ and $\langle \mathbf{\omega}^2/2\rangle$ for both
simulations. The density fluctuations peak around $t\simeq 65$ and $t\simeq 85$. The first peak is due to the interaction
between the two wave packets. The second peak of density fluctuations appears to be due to propagation of magneto-sonic
fluctuations generated by the initial strong collision. Once generated these modes propagate across the periodic box and provide
an ``echo'' of the original collision. We also note that in the initial stage of both simulations, $\langle \delta \rho^2\rangle$
exhibits some small modulations, which could be produced by the absence of a pressure balance in the initial condition.

The enstrophy $\langle \mathbf{\omega}^2/2\rangle $ evolution, also shown in Fig. \ref{fig:enst}, indicates that both MHD and HVM
cases produce fine scale structure in the velocity, i.e., vortical structures, during the collisions, and these persist after the
collision. However, in the MHD case  $\langle \mathbf{\omega}^2/2\rangle $ reaches larger values compared to the HVM case. This
could be due to the presence of kinetic damping effects which decrease the intensity of $\langle
\mathbf{\omega}^2/2\rangle$ by transferring energy to the VDF [see. e.g., \citet{DelsartoEA16,Parashar16b}]. It is interesting to
note that the general profile of enstrophy and mean square current follow similar trends in time. This can be expected as the
inertial range of turbulence typically provides near-equipartition of velocity and magnetic fluctuation energy, even in fairly
simple configurations \citep{MatthaeusLamkin86}. However, when examined in more detail, one often finds, as here, that the
magnetic fluctuations are usually about a factor of two more energetic in the inertial range part of the spectrum, as they are,
for example in the solar wind \citep{MatthaeusGoldstein82a}. This inequality is here reflected in the fact that $\langle
j_z^2\rangle > \langle \mathbf{\omega}^2/2\rangle $.

In order to further characterize the small scales fluctuation generated by the collisions and associated nonlinear activity, we
examine the magnetic energy spectra. Figs. \ref{fig:spectra} shows, for the Vlasov run, the reduced magnetic field power spectral
densities $E_{b,y}(k_{x})$ (black)  and $E_{b,x}(k_{y})$ (red) at (a) $t=29.4$; (b) $t=\tau=58.9$; and (c) $t=88.4$. Here, for
example, $E_{b,y}(k_{x})$ is a one-dimensional reduced power spectra density obtained by integrating over one component of
wave-vector. The blue dashed lines in Fig. \ref{fig:spectra} indicate a $k^ {-5/3}$ slope for reference. We remark that the
spectra for the HVM run show more energy at very small scales compared to the MHD run (not shown here), again consistent with the
idea that the HVM run produces more fine scales than the the MHD simulation. This may simply indicate that the effective
dissipation in the HVM case is smaller than the numerically motivated dissipation coefficients selected for the MHD run.

In Fig. \ref{fig:spectra} we observe that, at $t=29.4$, the spectrum $E_{b,y}(k_x)$ is steep due to the localization of the
initial condition, which requires involvement of a wide range of wave-numbers $k_x$. Furthermore, during the evolution,
the spectra show a transfer of energy towards small scales, at higher $k_x$ and at higher $k_y$. This represents a signature of
energy transfer due to nonlinear coupling. In fact, much of the energy $E_{b,y}(k_x)$ is contained, at $t=\tau$, in a bump
around $k=1$, while at $t=88.4$ the bump is less clear and the spectrum $E_{b,y}(k_x)$ is more developed compared to the one at
$t=\tau$. A break in $E_{b,y}(k_x)$ can be also appreciated around $k_{d_p}\simeq 10$.

Another feature of the magnetic energy spectra is that $E_{b,x}(k_y)$, which initially contains less energy than $E_{b,y}(k_x)$,
experiences a significant increase in power, reaching almost the same amplitude at the later times. This suggests that
fluctuations become more isotropic, and that energy transfer is efficient in both directions of the wave-vector space.

\section{Conclusions}
\label{sec:concl}

We have carried out a comparative study using different plasma simulation methods to examine the dynamical evolution that
accompanies the interaction or "collision" of two oppositely propagating wave packets. For the classic case of incompressible MHD,
considered by Moffatt and by Parker, the wave packets are, when considered separately, exact large amplitude solutions of the
nonlinear equations, and are, therefore, strictly speaking ``waves''. If two such waves, oppositely propagating, become
overlapping, nonlinear couplings and turbulence can be produced and the packets are deformed. Moffatt and Parker concluded that,
after the characteristic interaction time, the packets again separate and continue propagating away from one another without
further nonlinear interactions. Hence one question addressed in the present study is whether such separation after a collision
actually occurs. A second question is whether departures from incompressible MHD change the dynamics in an appreciable way. To
that end, here we examined a compressible MHD formulation and a hybrid Vlasov formulation.

Our results show that - when one moves beyond the MHD framework in which the Moffatt \& Parker problem is approached - the
dynamics become more complex. Here we find that, in both the present cases, the interactions and the structures produced in the
collision are sufficiently complex that it is difficult to determine whether the wave packets actually attain a full separation
after the collision. Indeed, we note that very complex current and vorticity structures are produced at small scales in both
compressible MHD and HVM cases and these fluctuations are indicative of a spread of energy in the wave vectors plane, which is
almost perpendicular to ${\bf B_0}$. The energy spectra evolve toward isotropy in this plane, although one would expect a degree
of spectral anisotropy to persist due to the presence of the weak in-plane magnetic field. Furthermore, to the extent that the
interaction of the packets has a finite lifetime [as envisioned e.g. by \citet{kraichnan65}], any such relaxation would be
expected to be incomplete in a single interaction time.

In addition, we recall that in the incompressible ideal problem, cross helicity is conserved, so that after the collision in that
case, the separated wave packets will each contain the same energy that was present in the initial state. However, cross-helicity
is not preserved in the kinetic case since dispersive (e.g. Hall effect) and dissipative effects are present in the simulation. In
fact in the HVM case, we observe a significant change in global cross helicity during the interaction.

This preliminary examination of the fate of the Moffatt and Parker conjecture in the context of compressible as well as kinetic
models has produced a satisfactory, if not complete, picture. In fact the basic physics of the large amplitude Alfv\'en waves
collisions as envisioned by those authors appears to be upheld in this regime. However, we have neither examined the most general
case, which would require full 3D simulations nor have we completely analyzed the compressible and kinetic effects in the present
cases. In particular, not shown here are indications of specific kinetic wave modes and characteristic distortions of the velocity
distribution function \citep{servidio15,vasconez15} that might be expected. A separate account of these results is in preparation.
We also note that we have analyzed the present problem employing several other models including hybrid particle in cell, Hall MHD
and also varying the initial conditions. Such results are of interest in the context of e.g. Turbulent Dissipation Challenge
\citep{ParasharJPP15} and will be reported at a later time.

\begin{acknowledgments}
Research is supported by NSF AGS-1063439, AGS-1156094 (SHINE), AGS-1460130 (SHINE), and NASA grants NNX14AI63G (Heliophysics
Grandchallenge Theory), and the Solar Probe Plus science team (ISIS/SWRI subcontract No. D99031L), and Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
under the contract ASI-INAF 2015-039-R.O ``Missione M4 di ESA: Partecipazione Italiana alla fase di assessment della missione
THOR''. Kinetic numerical simulations here discussed have been run on the Fermi supercomputer at Cineca (Bologna, Italy),
within the ISCRA-C project IsC37-COLALFWP (HP10CWCE72).
\end{acknowledgments}

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\begin{figure*}[!htb]
\epsfxsize=15cm \centerline{\epsffile{fig1.eps}}
\caption{(Color online) Contour plots of the current density $j_z(x,y)$ for the MHD (left column panels) and the HVM (right
column panels) simulations. Top, center and bottom rows correspond respectively to the time instants $t=29.4$, $t=\tau=58.9 $ and
$t=88.4$.}
\label{fig:jz}
\end{figure*}

\begin{figure}[!b]
\epsfxsize=7.5cm \centerline{\epsffile{fig2.eps}}
\caption{(Color online) Temporal evolution of $\sigma_c(t)$ (a) and $\sigma_r(t)$ (b). In each panel black and red lines refer
to the MHD and HVM cases, respectively.}
\label{fig:hc}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[!tb]
\epsfxsize=6.5cm \centerline{\epsffile{fig3.eps}}
\caption{(Color online) Temporal evolution of $\langle j_z^2\rangle (t) $ (a), and  $\langle \delta \rho^2\rangle (t)$ (b) and
$\langle\mathbf{\omega}^2/2\rangle (t)$ (c) for the MHD (black line) and HVM (red line) simulations.}
\label{fig:enst}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[!tb]
\epsfxsize=9cm \centerline{\epsffile{fig4.eps}}
\caption{(Color online) Power spectra density of the magnetic energy $E_b$ at three time instants $t=29.4$ (a), $t=\tau=58.9$ (b)
and $t=88.4$ (c). In each panel the black curve indicates $E_{b,y}(k_x) = \langle E_b(k_x,k_y) \rangle_{k_y}$, the red curve
refers to $E_{b,x}(k_y) = \langle E_b(k_x,k_y) \rangle_{k_x}$ and the dashed blue line indicates the slope $k^{-5/3}$ as a
reference. The gray line in panel (c) represents $E_{b,y}(k_x)$ at $t=58.9$, which corresponds to the black line of panel (b).}
\label{fig:spectra}
\end{figure}

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Washington ag director: Agency monitoring impact statement
By MATTHEW WEAVER Capital Press
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AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. — Washington's agriculture department is bird-dogging federal agencies as they write an environmental impact statement that could determine the fate of four dams on the lower Snake River.
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Negotiations also include the Canadian entitlement, a calculated benefit for the water stored on the British Columbia side of the dams. The treaty is based on the concept that benefits are shared equally, but U.S. power companies say the formula used is not accurate and they're paying more than they should, Sandison said, while Canadians like the power revenues that come in and want them to continue.
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Annexed to the main front of the property there is the swimming pool with hydromassage and waterfall, enlightened internally and externally, with outdoor shower, sun umbrella and deck chairs.
On the ground floor we find a large living room with dining table and lounge with satellite TV, attached to a room with double sofa bed and bathroom with shower.
The basement, with a separate access to the outside, includes a dining room and lounge with satellite TV, attached to a kitchen with a breakfast bar, equipped with dishwasher, refrigerator, oven and microwave, a double room with private bathroom with bathtub and shower, a further double bedroom, also with private bathroom with shower, laundry area and boiler.
The first floor comprehends two double bedrooms, both with exclusive balconies and service, one with shower, the other with Jacuzzi, and a large terrace with wonderful views of the pool and the Apuan Alps, furnished with outdoor furniture.