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(Abridged) We report results of three dimensional MHD simulations of global accretion disks threaded with weak vertical magnetic fields. We perform the simulations in the spherical coordinates with different temperature profiles and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Takeru K. Suzuki , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

We perform a suite of two- and three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations with the Athena code of the non-driven Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in the subsonic, weak magnetic field limit. Focusing the analysis on the non-linear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Greg Salvesen , Kris Beckwith , Jacob B. Simon , Sean M. O'Neill , Mitchell C. Begelman

We study the evolution of turbulence in the solar wind by solving numerically the full 3D magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) equations embedded in a radial mean wind. The corresponding equations (expanding box model or EBM) have been considered…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Yue Dong , Andrea Verdini , Roland Grappin

Models for GRB outflows invoke turbulence in relativistically hot magnetized fluids. In order to investigate these conditions we have performed high-resolution three-dimensional numerical simulations of relativistic magneto-hydrodynamical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-09-29 Jonathan Zrake , Andrew MacFadyen

The energy distribution is a fundamental property of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. In strongly magnetized turbulence energy imbalances can arise, quantified by the so-called residual energy: $E_r~=~(E_{kin}~ - ~E_{mag})$; $E_{kin}$…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-16 R. Skalidis , A. Tritsis , J. R. Beattie , P. F. Hopkins

Scale interactions in Hall MHD are studied using both the mean field theory derivation of transport coefficients, and direct numerical simulations in three space dimensions. In the magnetically dominated regime, the eddy resistivity is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. D. Mininni , A. Alexakis , A. Pouquet

It is proposed that critical balance - a scale-by-scale balance between the linear propagation and nonlinear interaction time scales - can be used as a universal scaling conjecture for determining the spectra of strong turbulence in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2011-07-26 S. V. Nazarenko , A. A. Schekochihin

We present a dynamical spectral model for Large Eddy Simulation of the incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations based on the Eddy Damped Quasi Normal Markovian approximation. This model extends classical spectral Large Eddy…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Baerenzung , H. Politano , Y. Ponty , A. Pouquet

We analyze a merged Parker Solar Probe ($PSP$) and Solar Orbiter ($SO$) dataset covering heliocentric distances $13 \ R_{\odot} \lesssim R \lesssim 220$ $R_{\odot}$ to investigate the radial evolution of power and spectral-index anisotropy…

Compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is ubiquitous in astrophysical phenomena ranging from the intergalactic to the stellar scales. In studying them, numerical simulations are nearly inescapable, due to the large degree of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-07-27 Dimitar G Vlaykov , Philipp Grete , Wolfram Schmidt , Dominik R G Schleicher

Based on statistical analysis of synchrotron polarization intensity, we study the anisotropic properties of compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. The second-order normalized structure function, quadrupole ratio modulus and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-26 Ru-Yue Wang , Jian-Fu Zhang , Fu-Yuan Xiang

We carry out extensive pseudospectral direct numerical simulations (DNSs) of decaying three-dimensional (3D) Hall magnetohydrodynamics (3D HMHD) plasma turbulence at three magnetic Prandtl numbers $Pr_{m}=0.1$, $1.0$ and $10.0$. Our DNSs…

Space Physics · Physics 2025-05-15 Pratik Patel , Sharad K Yadav , Hideaki Miura , Rahul Pandit

Direct numerical simulation of threedimensional chaotic motion of a dielectric liquid with a free surface under the action of external horizontal electric field is carried out. The numerical model takes into account the effects of surface…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-03-14 Igor A. Dmitriev , Evgeny A. Kochurin , Nikolay M. Zubarev

Nonthermal acceleration of particles in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence plays a central role in a wide variety of astrophysical sites. This physics is addressed here in the context of a strong turbulence, composed of coherent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-06 Martin Lemoine

The theory of mean field electrodynamics for diffusive processes in Electron Magnetohydrodynamic (EMHD) model is presented. In contrast to Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) the evolution of magnetic field here is governed by a nonlinear equation…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Amita Das , P. H. Diamond

Magnetic field fluctuations in MHD turbulence can be viewed as current sheets that are progressively more anisotropic at smaller scales. As suggested by Loureiro & Boldyrev (2017) and Mallet et al (2017), below a certain critical thickness…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-08-09 Stanislav Boldyrev , Nuno F. Loureiro

The interstellar turbulence is magnetized and thus anisotropic. The anisotropy of turbulent magnetic fields and velocities is imprinted in the related observables, rotation measures (RMs), and velocity centroids (VCs). This anisotropy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-07 Siyao Xu , Yue Hu

MHD Turbulence is common in many space physics and astrophysics environments. We first discuss the properties of incompressible MHD turbulence. A well-conductive fluid amplifies initial magnetic fields in a process called small-scale…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Andrey Beresnyak , Alex Lazarian

The anisotropy of velocities in MHD turbulence is demonstrated explicitly by calculating the velocity gradients as a function of direction in representative simulations of decaying turbulence. It follows that the optical depths of spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 D. S. Wiebe , W. D. Watson

We present an analysis of data stemming from numerical simulations of decaying magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence up to grid resolution of 1536^3 points and up to Taylor Reynolds number of 1200. The initial conditions are such that the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 P. D. Mininni , A. Pouquet
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