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We study initial value problem for a system consisting of an integer order and distributed-order fractional differential equation describing forced oscillations of a body attached to a free end of a light viscoelastic rod. Explicit form of…

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We have investigated the development of current-driven (CD) kink instability through three-dimensional relativistic MHD simulations. A static force-free equilibrium helical magnetic configuration is considered in order to study the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-07-22 Yosuke Mizuno , Yuri Lyubarsky , Ken-Ichi Nishikawa , Philip E. Hardee

Cool weakly ionized gaseous rotating disk form the basis for many models in astrophysics objects. Instabilities against perturbations in such disks play an important role in the theory of the formation of stars and planets. Traditionally,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-09-19 Edward Liverts , Michael Mond , Vadim Urpin

We present 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) numerical simulations of the evolution of self--gravitating and weakly magnetized disks with an adiabatic equation of state. Such disks are subject to the development of both the magnetorotational and…

Ill posed linear and nonlinear initial value problems may be stabilized, that it converted to to well posed initial value problems, by the addition of purely nonscalar linear dispersive terms. This is a stability analog of the Turing…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-02-26 Guy Metivier , Jeffrey Rauch

We investigate the formation of multiple spiral modes in Milky Way-like disk-halo systems without explicitly exciting perturbations. We explore how numerical resolution, the level of local disk stability, and the presence of a live halo…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-30 SungWon Kwak , Ivan Minchev , Christoph Pfrommer , Matthias Steinmetz , Sukyoung K. Yi

A linear stability analysis has been performed onto a self-gravitating magnetized gas disk bounded by external pressure. The resulting dispersion relation is fully explained by three kinds of instability: a Parker-type instability driven by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sang Min Lee , Seung Soo Hong

The stability of astrophysical jets in the linear regime is investigated by presenting the methodology to find the growth rates of the various instabilities. We perturb a cylindrical axisymmetric steady jet, linearize the relativistic ideal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-31 Nektarios Vlahakis

We study local radiation magnetohydrodynamic instabilities in static, optically thick, vertically stratified media with constant flux mean opacity. We include the effects of vertical gradients in a horizontal background magnetic field.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Ted Tao , Omer Blaes

In this work, we consider the initial value problem (IVP) for a system of modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equations \begin{equation} \begin{cases} \partial_t v + \partial_x^3 v+ \partial_x (v w^2) = 0, \hspace{0.98 cm} v(x,0)=\psi(x),\\…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-20 Xavier Carvajal , Fidel Cuba , Mahendra Panthee

We study the linear $m=1$ counter-rotating instability in a two-component, nearly Keplerian disc. Our goal is to understand these \emph{slow} modes in discs orbiting massive black holes in galactic nuclei. They are of interest not only…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 Mamta Gulati , Tarun Deep Saini , S. Sridhar

We present a general linear dispersion relation which describes the coupled behavior of magnetorotational, photon bubble, and convective instabilities in weakly magnetized, differentially rotating accretion disks. We presume the accretion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Omer Blaes , Aristotle Socrates

Discretized numerical simulations are a powerful tool for investigation of nonlinear MHD turbulence in accretion disks. However, confidence in their quantitative predictions requires a demonstration that further refinement of the spatial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 John F. Hawley , Xiaoyue Guan , Julian H. Krolik

We consider the collisions of plane gravitational and electromagnetic waves with distinct wavefronts and of arbitrary polarizations in a Minkowski background. We first present a new, completely geometric formulation of the characteristic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 G. A. Alekseev , J. B. Griffiths

We present two-dimensional inviscid hydrodynamic simulations of a protoplanetary disk with an embedded planet, emphasizing the evolution of potential vorticity (the ratio of vorticity to density) and its dependence on numerical resolutions.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 H. Li , S. Li , J. Koller , B. Wendroff , R. Liska , C. Orban , E. Liang , D. Lin

A self-gravitating, differentially rotating galactic disc under vertical hydrostatic equilibrium is supported by the vertical pressure gradient force against the gravitational collapse. Such discs are known to support various bending modes…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-13 Sagar S. Goyary , Kanak Saha , H. Shanjit Singh , Suchira Sarkar

The dynamics of perturbations to large-amplitude Internal Solitary Waves (ISW) in two-layered flows with thin interfaces is analyzed by means of linear optimal transient growth methods. Optimal perturbations are computed through…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-03-14 Pierre-Yves Passaggia , Karl R. Helfrich , Brian L. White

The linear perturbation equation of the tearing instability derived in LSC theory (Loureiro, Schekochihin, and Cowley, PoP2007) is numerically examined as an initial value problem, where the inner and outer regions are seamlessly solved…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-09-02 Tohru Shimizu , Koji Kondoh

We present a detailed study of the growth of the Parker instability in a differentially rotating disk embedded in an azimuthal equilibrium magnetic field, such as the interstellar gas or an accretion disk. Basic properties of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Foglizzo , M. Tagger

Eigenfunctions of 1d disordered Hamiltonian with constant imaginary vector potential are investigated. Even within the domain of complex eigenvalues the wave functions are shown to be strongly localized. However, this localization is of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. G. Silvestrov