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Motivated by the interface model for the solar dynamo, this paper explores the complex magnetohydrodynamic interactions between convective flows and shear-driven instabilities. Initially, we consider the dynamics of a forced shear flow…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 L. J. Silvers , P. J. Bushby , M. R. E. Proctor

We study the evolution of interacting large scale magnetic and axionic fields. Based on the new induction equation accounting for the contribution of spatially inhomogeneous axions, we consider the evolution of a magnetized spherical axion…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-04 Maxim Dvornikov

Filamentary structures are ubiquitous in the interstellar medium, yet their formation, internal structure, and longevity have not been studied in detail. We report the results from a comprehensive numerical study that investigates the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-18 Wladimir Banda-Barragán , Ross Parkin , Christoph Federrath , Roland Crocker , Geoffrey Bicknell

Many astrophysical flows occur in inhomogeneous media. The broad-line regions (BLR) of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are one of the important examples where emission-line clouds interact with the outflow. We present results of a numerical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Y. Poludnenko , A. Frank , E. G. Blackman

Using the adaptive mesh refinement code MG, we perform 3D hydrodynamic simulations of a supernova-cloud interaction in the "large cloud regime". The cloud is initially atomic and evolving due to the thermal instability (TI) and gravity. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-16 M. M. Kupilas , J. M. Pittard , C. J. Wareing , S. A. E. G. Falle

Magnetic fields are widely observed in the Universe in virtually all astrophysical objects, from individual stars to entire galaxies, even in the intergalactic medium, but their specific generation has long been debated. Due to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-08 Michael Rieder , Romain Teyssier

Astrophysical fluids, including interstellar and interplanetary medium, are magnetized and turbulent. Their appearance, evolution, and overall properties are determined by the magnetic turbulence that stirs it. We argue that examining…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Lazarian , A. Beresnyak , H. Yan , M. Opher , Y. Liu

We investigate the propagation of a shock wave into a warm neutral medium and cold neutral medium by one-dimensional hydrodynamic calculations with detailed treatment of thermal and chemical processes. Our main result shows that thermal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Hiroshi Koyama , Shu-Ichiro Inutsuka

The configuration and evolution of the magnetic field in star-forming cores are investigated in order to directly compare simulations and observations. We prepare four different initial clouds having different magnetic field strengths and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Akimasa Kataoka , Masahiro N. Machida , Kohji Tomisaka

Context. Molecular clouds are known to be turbulent and strongly affected by stellar feedback. Moreover, stellar feedback is believed to drive turbulence at large scales in galaxies. Aims. We study the role played by supernovae in molecular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-04-15 Olivier Iffrig , Patrick Hennebelle

The formation of stars occurs in the dense molecular cloud phase of the interstellar medium. Observations and numerical simulations of molecular clouds have shown that supersonic magnetised turbulence plays a key role for the formation of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-17 Andrew Lehmann , Christoph Federrath , Mark Wardle

Interstellar gas clouds are often both highly magnetized and supersonically turbulent, with velocity dispersions set by a competition between driving and dissipation. This balance has been studied extensively in the context of gases with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-19 Yuval Birnboim , Christoph Federrath , Mark Krumholz

We perform a series of two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the rotational core-collapse of a magnetized massive star. We employ a realistic equation of state and take into account the neutrino cooling by the so-called leakage…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Tomoya Takiwaki , Kei Kotake , Shigehiro Nagataki , Katsuhiko Sato

The low solar atmosphere is composed of mostly neutral particles, but the importance of the magnetic field for understanding observed dynamics means that interactions between charged and neutral particles play a very important role in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-16 Andrew Hillier , Ben Snow

The winds from a non-accreting pulsar and a massive star in a binary system collide forming a bow-shaped shock structure. The Coriolis force induced by orbital motion deflects the shocked flows, strongly affecting their dynamics. We study…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 V. Bosch-Ramon , M. V. Barkov , D. Khangulyan , M. Perucho

Shocks form the basis of our understanding for the density and velocity statistics of supersonic turbulent flows, such as those found in the cool interstellar medium (ISM). The variance of the density field, $\sigma^2_{\rho/\rho_0}$, is of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-28 James R. Beattie , Philip Mocz , Christoph Federrath , Ralf S. Klessen

We develop an unconditionally stable numerical method for solving the coupling between two fluids (frictional forces/heatings, ionization, and recombination), and investigate the dynamical condensation process of thermally unstable gas that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-20 Tsuyoshi Inoue , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

In models of fast magnetic reconnection, flux transfer occurs within a small portion of a current sheet triggering stored magnetic energy to be thermalized by shocks. When the initial current sheet separates magnetic fields which are not…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 D. W. Longcope , S. J. Bradshaw

Waves and shocks traveling through the solar chromospheric plasma are influenced by its partial ionization and weak collisional coupling, and may become susceptible to multi-fluid effects, similar to interstellar shock waves. In this study,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-25 B. Popescu Braileanu , V. S. Lukin , E. Khomenko , A. de Vicente

We model the hydrodynamic interaction of a shock wave of an evolved supernova remnant with a small interstellar gas cloud like the ones observed in the Cygnus loop and in the Vela SNR. We investigate the interplay between radiative cooling…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Orlando , G. Peres , F. Reale , F. Bocchino , R. Rosner , T. Plewa , A. Siegel
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