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Observations of magnetic field strengths imply that molecular cloud fragments are individually close to being in a magnetically critical state, even though both magnetic field and column density measurements range over two orders of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Shantanu Basu

It has long been suggested that shocks might play an important role in altering the form of the interstellar medium (ISM). Shocks enhance gas density and sufficiently dense regions may become self gravitating. Potential star forming clouds…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. V. Anathpindika

The complex interaction between shocks and plasma turbulence is extremely important to address crucial features of energy conversion in a broad range of astrophysical systems. We study the interaction between a supercritical, perpendicular…

New high-resolution observations reveal that small-scale magnetic flux concentrations have a delicate substructure on a spatial scale of 0.1''. Its basic structure can be interpreted in terms of a magnetic flux sheet or tube that vertically…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Oskar Steiner

Galactic winds probe how stellar feedback regulates the mass and metallicity of galaxies. Observations show that galactic winds are multiphase and magnetised. In the local Universe, the dense phase is traced by emission and absorption…

Hydrodynamic stability has been a longstanding issue for the cloud model of the broad line region in active galactic nuclei. We argue that the clouds may be gravitationally bound to the supermassive black hole. If true, stabilisation by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 Martin Krause , Marc Schartmann , Andreas Burkert

In the Galactic fountain scenario, supernovae and/or stellar winds propel material into the Galactic halo. As the material cools, it condenses into clouds. By using FLASH three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations, we model and study…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Kyujin Kwak , Robin L. Shelton , Elizabeth A. Raley

The evolution of the magnetic field and angular momentum in the collapsing cloud core is studied using three-dimensional resistive MHD nested grid simulations. Starting with a Bonnor-Ebert isothermal cloud rotating in a uniform magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Masahiro N. Machida , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka , Tomoaki Matsumoto

Radiative turbulent mixing layers are expected to form pervasively at the phase boundaries in multiphase astrophysical systems. This inherently small scale structure is dynamically crucial because it directly regulates the mass, momentum…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-04 Xihui Zhao , Xue-Ning Bai

We describe the results of 3D simulations of the interaction of hydrodynamic shocks with Bonnor-Ebert spheres performed with an Adaptive Mesh Refinement code. The calculations are isothermal and the clouds are embedded in a medium in which…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-14 S. A. E. G. Falle , B. Vaidya , T. W. Hartquist

The distinctive morphology of head-tail radio galaxies reveals strong interactions between the radio jets and their intra-cluster environment, the general consensus on the morphology origin of head-tail sources is that radio jets are bent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-19 Zhaoming Gan , Hui Li , Shengtai Li , Feng Yuan

Magnetic fields on the order of 100 $\mu$G observed in young supernova remnants cannot be amplified by shock compression alone. To investigate the amplification caused by turbulent dynamo, we perform three-dimensional MHD simulations of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-28 Yue Hu , Siyao Xu , James M. Stone , Alex Lazarian

Filamentary molecular clouds are recognized as primary sites for the formation of stars. Specifically, regions characterized by the overlapping point of multiple filaments, known as hub regions, often associated with active star formation.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-08-19 Raiga Kashiwagi , Kazunari Iwasaki , Kohji Tomisaka

We investigate the alignment mechanism between the magnetic field and interstellar clouds formed by the collision of warm atomic gas. We find that the magnetic field, initially oriented parallel to the flow, is perturbed by a fast MHD…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-26 Guido Granda-Muñoz , Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni , Gilberto C. Gómez

We use magnetohydrodynamical simulations of converging flows to investigate the process of molecular cloud formation and evolution out of the magnetised ISM. Here, we investigate whether the observed subcritical HI clouds can become…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-02 Bastian Körtgen , Robi Banerjee

We investigate shock acceleration in a realistic astrophysical environment with density inhomogeneities. The turbulence induced by the interaction of the shock precursor with upstream density fluctuations amplifies both upstream and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-02 Siyao Xu , Alex Lazarian

To what extent magnetic fields affect how molecular clouds (MCs) fragment and create dense structures is an open question. We present a numerical study of cloud fragmentation using the SILCC-Zoom simulations. These simulations follow the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-26 S. Ganguly , S. Walch , D. Seifried , S. D. Clarke , M. Weis

We present a set of numerical experiments designed to systematically investigate how turbulence and magnetic fields influence the morphology, energetics, and dynamics of filaments produced in wind-cloud interactions. We cover 3D…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-06 Wladimir Banda-Barragán , Christoph Federrath , Roland Crocker , Geoffrey Bicknell

Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence affects both terrestrial and astrophysical plasmas. The properties of magnetized turbulence must be better understood to more accurately characterize these systems. This work presents ideal MHD simulations of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-04-28 Forrest W. Glines , Philipp Grete , Brian W. O'Shea

We present two-dimensional MHD numerical simulations for the interaction of high-velocity clouds with both magnetic and non-magnetic Galactic thick gaseous disks. For the magnetic models, the initial magnetic field is oriented parallel to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Alfredo Santillan , Jose Franco , Marco Martos , Jongsoo Kim