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We study the hydrodynamic self-similar mass collapses of general polytropic (GP) spherical clouds to central Schwarzschild black holes and void evolution with or without shocks. In order to grossly capture characteristic effects of general…

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We present self-similar solutions that describe the gravitational collapse of rotating, isothermal, magnetic molecular-cloud cores, relevant to the formation of rotationally supported protostellar disks. This work focuses on the evolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ruben Krasnopolsky , Arieh Konigl

By means of a nonlinear separation of the variables in the governing full set of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations for axisymmetric plasmas we analyse an exact model for magnetized and rotating outflows which are hotter and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Christophe Sauty , Edoardo Trussoni , Kanaris Tsinganos

The paradigm in which magnetic fields play a crucial role in launching/collimating outflows in many astrophysical objects continues to gain support. However, semi-analytical models including the effect of magnetic fields on the dynamics and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-13 Chiara Ceccobello , Yuri Cavecchi , Martin H. M. Heemskerk , Sera Markoff , Peter Polko , David L. Meier

We present the theory, algorithms and implementation of a parallel finite-volume algorithm for the solution of the incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations using unstructured grids that are applicable for a wide variety of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-01-11 S. Vantieghem , A. Sheyko , A. Jackson

We obtain self-similar solutions that describe the gravitational collapse of nonrotating, isothermal, magnetic molecular cloud cores. We use simplifying assumptions but explicitly include the induction equation, and the semianalytic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Ioannis Contopoulos , Glenn E. Ciolek , Arieh Konigl

Ambipolar diffusion is a process occurring in partially ionised astrophysical systems that imparts a complicated mathematical and physical nature to Ohm's law. The numerical codes that solve the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations have to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-15 F. Moreno-Insertis , D. Nóbrega-Siverio , E. R. Priest , A. W. Hood

Shock waves are common in astrophysical environments. On many occasions, they are collisionless, which means they occur in settings where the mean free path is much larger than the dimensions of the system. For this very reason,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-07-12 Antoine Bret

We study several types of self-similar solutions for the electron magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) without resistivity, including locally self-similar solutions and pseudo-self-similar solutions. We show that under certain conditions, these types…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-05-02 Mimi Dai , Hannah Guerra , Chao Wu

We study numerically the collapse of non-rotating, self-gravitating, magnetized, singular isothermal toroids characterized by sound speed, $a$, and level of magnetic to thermal support, $H_0$. In qualitative agreement with previous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Allen , F. H. Shu , Z. Y. Li

We construct magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) similarity rebound shocks joining `quasi-static' asymptotic solutions around the central degenerate core to explore an MHD model for the evolution of random magnetic field in supernova explosions. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Yu-Qing Lou , Wei-Gang Wang

In this paper we focus on the construction of stellar outflow models emerging from a polar coronal hole-type region surrounded by a magnetosphere in the equatorial regions during phases of quiescent accretion. The models are based on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-26 P. Todorov , T. Matsakos , V. Cayatte , C. Sauty , J. J. G. Lima , K. Tsinganos

Compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is ubiquitous in astrophysical phenomena ranging from the intergalactic to the stellar scales. In studying them, numerical simulations are nearly inescapable, due to the large degree of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-07-27 Dimitar G Vlaykov , Philipp Grete , Wolfram Schmidt , Dominik R G Schleicher

This paper examines a new class of exact and self-consistent MHD solutions which describe steady and axisymmetric hydromagnetic outflows from the atmosphere of a magnetized and rotating central object with possibly an orbiting accretion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 N. Vlahakis , K. Tsinganos

We perform a numerical simulation of magnetohydrodynamic radially self-similar jets, whose prototype is the Blandford & Payne analytical example. The reached final steady state is valid close to the rotation axis and also at large distances…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Gracia , N. Vlahakis , K. Tsinganos

In many astrophysical plasmas, the Coulomb collision is insufficient to maintain an isotropic temperature, and the system is driven to the anisotropic regime. In this case, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) models with anisotropic pressure are…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-08-09 Hongyang Luo , John G. Lyon , Binzheng Zhang

General relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) flows along magnetic fields threading a black hole can be divided into inflow and outflow parts, according to the result of the competition between the black hole gravity and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Hung-Yi Pu , Masanori Nakamura , Kouichi Hirotani , Yosuke Mizuno , Kinwah Wu , Keiichi Asada

We present general and global analytical solutions, valid from pole to equator, for the asymptotic structure of non-relativistic, rotating, stationary, axisymmetric, polytropic, unconfined, perfect MHD winds. The asymptotic structure of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Heyvaerts , C. Norman

Turbulence in compressible plasma plays a key role in many areas of astrophysics and engineering. The extreme plasma parameters in these environments, e.g. high Reynolds numbers, supersonic and super-Alfvenic flows, however, make direct…

A new three-dimensional, non-linear Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) model has been extended in MIPS code, incorporating parallel heat diffusivity. The model has been benchmarked against the former MHD model used in MIPS code. A preliminary study…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-08-26 A. Civit-Bertran , S. Futatani , Y. Suzuki , J. Dominguez-Palacios