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Within the incompressible three-dimensional Euler equations, we study the pancake-like high vorticity regions, which arise during the onset of developed hydrodynamic turbulence. We show that these regions have an internal fine structure…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-12-09 D. S. Agafontsev , E. A. Kuznetsov , A. A. Mailybaev

Flow-induced instabilities are relevant for the storage and dynamics of magnetic fields in stellar convection zones and possibly also in other astrophysical contexts. We continue the study started in the first paper of this series by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. Holzwarth , D. Schmitt , M. Schuessler

Viscous solitons are strongly non-linear surface deformations generated by blowing wind over a liquid beyond a critical viscosity. Their shape and dynamics result from a balance between wind drag, surface tension and viscous dissipation in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-01-20 Marine Aulnette , Jishen Zhang , Marc Rabaud , Frederic Moisy

We investigate the linear instability of two-layer stratified shear flows in a sloping two-dimensional channel, subject to non-zero longitudinal gravitational forces. We reveal three previously unknown instabilities, distinct from the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-09-20 Lu Zhu , Amir Atoufi , Adrien Lefauve , Rich R. Kerswell , P. F. Linden

We perform a linear analysis of the stability of a magnetized relativistic non-rotating cylindrical flow in the aproximation of zero thermal pressure, considering only the m = 1 mode. We find that there are two modes of instability:…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 G. Bodo , G. Mamatsashvili , P. Rossi , A. Mignone

We characterize the dynamical instability responsible for the breakdown of regular rows and necklaces of quantized vortices that appear at the interface between two superfluids in relative motion. Making use of a generalized point-vortex…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-09-12 Matteo Caldara , Andrea Richaud , Massimo Capone , Pietro Massignan

We consider the linear stability of two inviscid fluids, in the presence of gravity, sheared past each other and separated by an flexible plate. Conditions for exponential growth of velocity perturbations are found as functions of the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Tom Chou

We present the linear theory of two-dimensional incompressible magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor instability in a system composed of a linear elastic (Hookean) layer above a lighter semi-infinite ideal fluid with magnetic fields present, above and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-05-01 S. A. Piriz , A. R. Piriz , N. A. Tahir

We present models of turbulent mixing at the boundaries between hot (T~10^{6-7} K) and warm material (T~10^4 K) in the interstellar medium, using a three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical code, with radiative cooling. The source of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Esquivel , R. A. Benjamin , A. Lazarian , J. Cho , S. N. Leitner

Recent observations show cool, oscillating prominence threads fading when observed in cool spectral lines and appearing in warm spectral lines. A proposed mechanism to explain this evolution is that the threads were heated by turbulence…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Andrew Hillier , Inigo Arregui

Paraxial propagation of a quasi-monochromatic light wave with two circular polarizations in a defocusing Kerr medium with anomalous dispersion inside a waveguide of annular cross-section was considered. In the phase-separated mode, the…

Optics · Physics 2024-11-18 Victor P. Ruban

Over the last few years it became clear that turbulent magnetic reconnection and magnetized turbulence are inseparable. It was not only shown that reconnection is responsible for violating the frozen-in condition in turbulence, but also…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-08 Grzegorz Kowal , Diego A. Falceta-Gonçalves , Alex Lazarian , Ethan T. Vishniac

Stability of cylindrical interface between two ideal incompressible fluids, including the magnetic field, surface tension and gravitational field is studied in linear approximation. We found that helical waves arising both in plasma comet…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-02-04 A. I. Ershkovich , P. L. Israelevich

As part of our long-term campaign to understand how cold streams feed massive galaxies at high redshift, we study the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) of a supersonic, cold, dense gas stream as it penetrates through a hot, dilute…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-11 Dan Padnos , Nir Mandelker , Yuval Birnboim , Avishai Dekel , Mark R. Krumholz , Elad Steinberg

The main aim of this submission is to investigate the effects of some parameters like wave number, shear velocity, magnetic field and temperature for the growth rate of the magnetized Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) with incessant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Huseyin Cavus , G. A. Hoshoudy

We analyse numerically a pinch-type instability in a semi-infinite planar layer of inviscid conducting liquid bounded by solid walls and carrying a uniform electric current. Our model is as simple as possible but still captures the salient…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-03-14 Jānis Priede

We examine the effect of the dust size distribution on Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in the protoplanetary disk with dust sedimentation. With newly taking into account the dust size distribution, the growth rate of the Kelvin-Helmholtz…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Yukihiko Hasegawa , Toru Tsuribe

We present numerical simulations of the growth and saturation of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in a compressible fluid layer with and without a weak magnetic field. In the absence of a magnetic field, the instability generates a single…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. L. Palotti , F. Heitsch , E. G. Zweibel , Y. -M. Huang

We model an imaged Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability on a coronal mass ejecta (CME) in the lower corona by investigating conditions under which kink ($m = 1$) and $m = -3$ magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modes in an uniformly twisted flux tube…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-28 I. Zhelyazkov , T. V. Zaqarashvili , R. Chandra

The analysis of the stability properties of astrophysical jets against Kelvin-Helmholtz (or shear-layer) instabilities plays a basic role in the understanding the origin and physical characteristics of these objects. Numerical simulations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Micono , G. Bodo , S. Massaglia , P. Rossi , A. Ferrari , R. Rosner