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In space and astrophysical plasmas, turbulence is responsible for transferring energy from large scales driven by violent events or instabilities, to smaller scales where turbulent energy is ultimately converted into plasma heat by…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 J. L. Verniero , G. G. Howes , K. G. Klein

We investigate diffusion in supersonic, turbulent, compressible flows. Supersonic turbulence can be characterized as network of interacting shocks. We consider flows with different rms Mach numbers and where energy necessary to maintain…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ralf S. Klessen , Doug N. C. Lin

This paper presents a simple model for such processes as chaos spreading or turbulence spillover into stable regions. In this simple model the essential transport occurs via inelastic resonant interactions of waves on a lattice. The process…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-05-28 Alexander V. Milovanov , Alexander Iomin , Jens Juul Rasmussen

Diffusion driven by temperature or concentration gradients is a fundamental mechanism of energy and mass transport, which inherently differs from wave propagation in both physical foundations and application prospects. Compared with…

We study the combined effects of convection and radiative diffusion on the evolution of thin magnetic flux tubes in the solar interior. Radiative diffusion is the primary supplier of heat to convective motions in the lower convection zone,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Maria A. Weber , Yuhong Fan

Radiation transport plays important roles in stellar atmospheres, but the effects of turbulence are being obscured by other effects such as stratification. Using radiative hydrodynamic simulations of forced turbulence, we determine the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-09-29 Axel Brandenburg , Upasana Das

We study the propagation of cosmic rays (CRs) through a simulation of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence at unprecedented resolution of $10{,}240^3$. We drive turbulence that is subsonic and super-Alfv\'enic, characterized by $\delta…

In this paper we describe the mode-to-mode energy transfers and energy fluxes of MHD turbulence. These energy transfers are very useful for understanding the turbulence dynamics, as well as for applications such as dynamo. We illustrate how…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-02-19 Mahendra K. Verma , Rodion Stepanov , Franck Plunian

The plasma turbulence as is well known plays crucial role in the processes of plasma dynamics and transport phenomena. It affects both macroscopic plasma behaviour and distribution of particles, and besides suprathermal component of…

adap-org · Physics 2008-02-03 A. Gurevich , A. Lukyanov , K. Zybin

The generation of large-scale magnetic fields is generically accompanied by the more rapid growth of small-scale fields. The growing Lorentz force due to these fields back reacts on the turbulence to saturate the mean-field and small-scale…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Kandaswamy Subramanian

Turbulence is ubiquitous in astrophysics. It radically changes many astrophysical phenomena, in particular, the propagation and acceleration of cosmic rays. We present the modern understanding of compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 A. Lazarian , L. Vlahos , G. Kowal , H. Yan , A. Beresnyak , E. de Gouveia Dal Pino

The injection of turbulence in the circum-galactic medium at redshift z = 2 is investigated using the mesh-based hydrodynamic code Enzo and a subgrid-scale (SGS) model for unresolved turbulence. Radiative cooling and heating by a uniform…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-18 Luigi Iapichino , Matteo Viel , Stefano Borgani

We show that a large-scale, weak magnetic field threading a turbulent accretion disk tends to be advected inward, contrary to previous suggestions that it will be stopped by outward diffusion. The efficient inward transport is a consequence…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 David M. Rothstein , Richard V. E. Lovelace

A problem of the definition of the heat transported in thermomagnetic phenomena has been well realized in the late sixties, but not solved up to date. Ignoring this problem, numerous recent theories grossly overestimate the thermomagnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-08-08 A. Sergeev , M. Yu. Reizer , V. Mitin

Strong magnetically dominated Alfv\'enic turbulence is an efficient engine of non-thermal particle acceleration in a relativistic collisionless plasma. We argue that in the limit of strong magnetization, the type of energy distribution…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-05-14 Cristian Vega , Stanislav Boldyrev , Vadim Roytershteyn

Turbulence is the most common state of astrophysical flows. In typical astrophysical fluids, turbulence is accompanied by strong magnetic fields, which has a large impact on the dynamics of the turbulent cascade. Recently, there has been a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-10 Jungyeon Cho , A. Lazarian , Ethan Vishniac

Astrophysical fluids are generically turbulent and this must be taken into account for most transport processes. We discuss how the preexisting turbulence modifies magnetic reconnection and how magnetic reconnection affects the MHD…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 A. Lazarian , G. Eyink , E. Vishniac

The global development of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in an accretion disk is studied within a simplified disk model that omits vertical stratification. Starting with a weak vertical seed field, a saturated state is obtained after a few…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Philip J. Armitage

In collisionless astrophysical plasmas, turbulence mediates the partitioning of free energy among cascade channels and its dissipation into ion and electron heat. The resulting ion heating is often anisotropic, with ions observed to be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-04 Zade Johnston , Jonathan Squire

A correct description of cosmic-ray (CR) diffusion in turbulent plasma is essential for many astrophysical and heliospheric problems. This paper aims to present physical diffusion behavior of CRs in actual turbulent magnetic fields, model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Siyao Xu , Huirong Yan