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The initial magnetic field of previous magnetorotational instability (MRI) simulations has always included a significant system-scale component, even if stochastic. However, it is of conceptual and practical interest to assess whether the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-13 Pallavi Bhat , Fatima Ebrahimi , Eric G. Blackman , Kandaswamy Subramanian

We present three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the nonlinear evolution of the magnetorotational instability (MRI) with a non-zero Ohmic resistivity. The properties of the saturated state depend on the initial magnetic field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Timothy P. Fleming , James M. Stone , John F. Hawley

The evolution of warped disks is governed by internal, oscillatory shear flows driven by their distorted geometry. However, these flows are known to be vigorously unstable to a hydrodynamic parametric instability. In many warped systems,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-25 Callum W. Fairbairn , James M. Stone

The linear dispersion relation for the magnetorotational instability (MRI) is derived including finite Larmor radius (FLR) effects. In particular, the Braginskii form of the ion gyroviscosity, which represents the first-order FLR…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Nathaniel M. Ferraro

It has been recently suggested that the magneto-rotational instability (MRI) is a limiting case of the magneto-elliptic instability (MEI). This limit is obtained for horizontal modes in the presence of rotation and an external vertical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-04 Krzysztof A. Mizerski , Wladimir Lyra

The magnetorotational instability (MRI) is a crucial mechanism of angular momentum transport in a variety of astrophysical accretion disks. In systems accreting at well below the Eddington rate, such as the central black hole in the Milky…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Mario A. Riquelme , Eliot Quataert , Prateek Sharma , Anatoly Spitkovsky

Accretion disks in which angular momentum transport is dominated by the magnetorotational instability (MRI) can also possess additional, purely hydrodynamic, drivers of turbulence. Even when the hydrodynamic processes, on their own,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jared C. Workman , Philip J. Armitage

The magnetorotational instability (MRI) plays an essential role in the formation of stars and black holes. By destabilizing hydrodynamically stable Keplerian flows, the MRI triggers turbulence and enables outward transport of angular…

Three completely different lines of work have recently led to the conclusion that the magnetorotational instability (MRI) may create a hoop-stress that collimates jets. One argument is based upon consideration that magnetohydrodynamic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Peter Todd Williams

Magnetorotational instability (MRI) is the most promising mechanism behind accretion in low-mass protostellar disks. Here we present the first analysis of the global structure and evolution of non-ideal MRI-driven T-Tauri disks on…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Russell Landry , Sarah E. Dodson-Robinson , Neal J. Turner , Greg Abram

Convection has been discussed in the field of accretion discs for several decades, both as a means of angular momentum transport and also because of its role in controlling discs' vertical structure via heat transport. If the gas is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-21 Loren E. Held , Henrik N. Latter

Based on the characteristics of the magnetorotational instability (MRI) and the MRI-driven turbulence, we construct a steady model for a geometrically thin disk using "non-standard" $\alpha$-prescription. The efficiency of the angular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Hiroyuki R. Takahashi , Youhei Masada

Though usually treated in isolation, the magnetorotational and gravitational instabilities (MRI and GI) may coincide at certain radii and evolutionary stages of protoplanetary discs and active galactic nuclei. Their mutual interactions…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-27 A. Riols , H. Latter

The magnetorotational instability (MRI) is thought to play a key role in the formation of stars and black holes by sustaining the turbulence in hydrodynamically stable Keplerian accretion discs. In previous experiments the MRI was observed…

The magnetorotational instability (MRI) of a weakly ionized, differentially rotating, magnetized plasma disk is investigated in the multi-fluid framework. The disk is threaded by a uniform vertical magnetic field and charge is carried by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. P. Pandey , Mark Wardle

We present an instability occurring in the inner part of disks threaded by a moderately strong vertical (poloidal) magnetic field. Its mechanism is such that a spiral density wave in the disk, driven by magnetic stresses (rather than…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Tagger , R. Pellat

The magnetorotational instability (MRI) is considered to be one of the most powerful sources of turbulence in hydrodynamically stable quasi-Keplerian flows, such as those governing accretion disk flows. Although the linear stability of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-11-21 A. Guseva , R. Hollerbach , A. P. Willis , M. Avila

We investigate the effect of shear viscosity and Ohmic resistivity on the magnetorotational instability (MRI) in vertically stratified accretion disks through a series of local simulations with the Athena code. First, we use a series of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Jacob B. Simon , John F. Hawley , Kris Beckwith

The dynamo driven by the magnetorotational instability (MRI) is believed to play an important role in the dynamics of accretion discs and may also explain the origin of the extreme magnetic fields present in magnetars. Its saturation level…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-21 Jerome Guilet , Alexis Reboul-Salze , Raphael Raynaud , Matteo Bugli , Basile Gallet

MRI is increasingly desired to function near electronic devices that emit potentially dynamic electromagnetic interference (EMI). To accommodate for this, we propose the STRIDE method, which improves on previous external-sensor-based EMI…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-25 Alexander Mertens , Diego Martinez , Amgad Louka , Ying Yang , Chad Harris , Ian Connell