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A 2D temporal incompressible stability analysis is carried out for lobed jets. The jet base flow is assumed to be parallel and of a vortex-sheet type. The eigenfunctions of this simplified stability problem are expanded using the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-02-20 Benshuai Lyu , Ann P. Dowling

We present a discussion of two-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD) configurations, concerning the equilibria of accretion disks of a strongly magnetized astrophysical object. We set up a viscoresistive scenario which generalizes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-07-30 Giovanni Montani , Riccardo Benini

The relativistic plasma jets from a misaligned black hole-accretion disk system will not be axially symmetric. Here we analyze nonaxisymmetric, stationary, translation invariant jets in the force-free approximation where the field energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-12 Samuel E. Gralla , Ted Jacobson

Magnetic fields, which are undoubtedly present in extragalactic jets and responsible for the observed synchrotron radiation, can affect the morphology and dynamics of the jets and their interaction with the ambient cluster medium. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-09-13 V. Gaibler , M. Krause , M. Camenzind

Many explosive astrophysical events, like magnetars' bursts and flares, are magnetically driven. We consider dynamics of such magnetic explosions - relativistic expansion of highly magnetized and highly magnetically over-pressurized clouds.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-17 Maxim V. Barkov , Praveen Sharma , Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos , Maxim Lyutikov

Nonlinear ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the propagation and expansion of a magnetic "bubble" plasma into a lower density, weakly-magnetized background plasma are presented. These simulations mimic the geometry and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Wei Liu , Scott C. Hsu , Hui Li , Shengtai Li , Alan G. Lynn

Radio observations of Fanaroff-Riley class II sources often show correlations between the synchrotron emission and the linear-polarimetric distributions. Magnetic position vectors seem to align with the projected emission of both the radio…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Martin Huarte-Espinosa , Martin Krause , Paul Alexander

Ultra-relativistic plasma outflows are intrinsically connected with gamma-ray bursts. Over the years, a large number of analytical and numerical works has been devoted to understanding the intricacies of their complex dynamics, with most of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-17 Argyrios Loules , Nektarios Vlahakis

In this paper we explore the dynamics of radiative axisymmetric MHD jets at high resolution using AMR methods. The goal of the study is to determine both the dynamics and emission properties of such jets. To that end we have implemented…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-11 Edward C. Hansen , Adam Frank , Patrick Hartigan

A three-dimensional (3D) MHD model is applied to simulate the evolution of a large-scale magnetic field in a barred galaxy possessing a gaseous halo extending to about 2.8 kpc above the galactic plane. As the model input we use a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 K. Otmianowska-Mazur , D. Elstner , M. Soida , M. Urbanik

We present results of new three-dimensional (3D) general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations of rapidly rotating strongly magnetized core collapse. These simulations are the first of their kind and include a microphysical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-18 P. Mösta , S. Richers , C. D. Ott , R. Haas , A. L. Piro , K. Boydstun , E. Abdikamalov , C. Reisswig , E. Schnetter

We present equilibrium models of relativistic magnetised, infinite, axisymmetric jets with rotation propagating through an homogeneous, unmagnetised ambient medium at rest. The jet models are characterised by six functions defining the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 José-María Martí

The ideal MHD theorem on the conservation of the magnetic connections between plasma elements is generalized to relativistic plasmas in curved spacetime. The connections between plasma elements, which are established by a covariant…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-12-13 Felipe A. Asenjo , Luca Comisso

Jet formation is connected most probably with matter acceleration from the vicinity of rotating magnetized bodies. It is usually related to the mass outflows and ejection from accretion disks around black holes. Problem of jet collimation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan , N. V. Ardeljan , S. G. Moiseenko

A stationary self-consistent outflow of a magnetised relativistic plasma from a rotating object with an initially monopole-like magnetic field is investigated in the ideal MHD approximation under the condition $\sigma/U_0^2 >1$, where…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 S. Bogovalov

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

Magnetic fields pervade the entire Universe and affect the formation and evolution of astrophysical systems from cosmological to planetary scales. The generation and dynamical amplification of extragalactic magnetic fields through cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 F. Rincon , F. Califano , A. A. Schekochihin , F. Valentini

The equations of 2D incompressible dissipationless extended magnetohydrodynamics (XMHD) extend the equations of incompressible Hall MHD (HMHD) by retaining finite-electron inertia. These XMHD equations couple the fluid velocity ${\bf V} =…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-08-26 Alain J. Brizard

Hall magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) properties near a two-dimensional (2D) X-type magnetic neutral line in the steady state are considered via heuristic and rigorous developments. Upon considering the steady-state as the asymptotic limit of the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bhimsen K. Shivamoggi

Young stellar objects/planetary nebula outflow anisotropies usually involve wind-wind interactions and magnetic collimation, but detailed structures of wind and magnetic fields inside collimation region remain undetermined. We numerically…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-05-21 Tao Tao , Guangyue Hu , Ruxin Li , Zhizhan Xu , Jian Zheng