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For scalar conservation laws, we prove that spectrally stable stationary Lax discrete shock profiles are nonlinearly stable in some polynomially-weighted $\ell^1$ and $\ell^\infty$ spaces. In comparison with several previous nonlinear…

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Shock wave refraction at a sharp density interface is a classical problem in hydrodynamics. Presently, we investigate the strongly planar refraction of a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) shock wave at an inclined density interface. A magnetic…

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In this paper we develop a framework for studying unstratified, magnetised eccentric discs and compute uniformly precessing eccentric modes in a cylindrical annulus which provide convenient initial conditions for numerical simulations. The…

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We establish pointwise bounds for the Green function and consequent linearized stability for multidimensional planar relaxation shocks of general relaxation systems whose equilibrium model is scalar, under the necessary assumption of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-09-25 Bongsuk Kwon , Kevin Zumbrun

The rapid deposition of energy by Edge Localised Modes (ELMs) onto plasma facing components, is a potentially serious issue for large Tokamaks such as ITER and DEMO. The trigger for ELMs is believed to be the ideal Magnetohydrodynamic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-02-23 A. J. Webster , C. G. Gimblett

It is shown that the physical interpretation of Elie Cartan three-dimensional space torsion as couple asymmetric stress, has the effect of damping, previously Riemannian unstable Couette planar shear flow, leading to stability of the flow…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2007-08-21 Garcia de Andrade

We revisit the scaling properties of the energy spectra in fully developed incompressible homogeneous turbulence in forced magnetofluids (MHD) in three dimensions (3D), which are believed to be characterised by {\em universal scaling…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-01-02 Abhik Basu , Jayanta K Bhattacharjee

We investigate the scaling behavior of longitudinal and transverse structure functions in homogeneous and isotropic magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence by means of an exact hierarchy of structure function equations as well as by direct…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-05-03 J. Friedrich , H. Homann , T. Schäfer , R. Grauer

The present contribution proves the asymptotic orbital stability of viscous regularizations of stable Riemann shocks of scalar balance laws, uniformly with respect to the viscosity/diffusion parameter $\epsilon$. The uniformity is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-01 Paul Blochas , L. Miguel Rodrigues

Eccentric Keplerian discs are believed to be unstable to three-dimensional hydrodynamical instabilities driven by the time-dependence of fluid properties around an orbit. These instabilities could lead to small-scale turbulence, and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Adrian J. Barker , Gordon I. Ogilvie

It has been established that the Sweet-Parker current layer in high Lundquist number reconnection is unstable to the super-Alfv\'enic plasmoid instability. Past two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations have demonstrated that the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-02-17 Yi-Min Huang , A. Bhattacharjee

We develop an analytic model of intermittent, three-dimensional, strong, reduced magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with zero cross helicity. We take the fluctuation amplitudes to have a log-Poisson distribution and incorporate into the model a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-26 Benjamin D. G. Chandran , Alexander A. Schekochihin , Alfred Mallet

Performing accurate large eddy simulations in compressible, turbulent magnetohydrodynamics is more challenging than in non-magnetized fluids due to the complex interplay between kinetic, magnetic and internal energy at different scales.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-10-23 Daniele Viganò , Ricard Aguilera-Miret , Carlos Palenzuela

We introduce a new hybridized discontinuous Galerkin method for the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics equations. If particular velocity, pressure, magnetic field, and magnetic pressure spaces are employed for both element and trace…

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Consider a $1$D simple small-amplitude solution $(\rho_{(bkg)}, v^1_{(bkg)})$ to the isentropic compressible Euler equations which has smooth initial data, coincides with a constant state outside a compact set, and forms a shock in finite…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-05-01 Jonathan Luk , Jared Speck

We describe the construction of stepped-pressure equilibria as extrema of a multi-region, relaxed magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) energy functional that combines elements of ideal MHD and Taylor relaxation, and which we call MRXMHD. The model is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 S. R. Hudson , R. L. Dewar , G. Dennis , M. J. Hole , M. McGann , G. von Nessi , S. Lazerson

We compare the properties of ordinary strong magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in a strongly magnetized medium with the recently discovered viscosity-damped regime. We focus on energy spectra, anisotropy, and intermittency. Our most…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jungyeon Cho , A. Lazarian , Ethan T. Vishniac

This paper establishes a regularity theory for the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations with external forces through scaling analysis. Inspired by the existing methodology, we utilize linearized approximations and the monotonicity property…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-19 Mengyao Ding , Wenwen Huo , Chao Zhang

We are concerned with the uniform regularity estimates and vanishing viscosity limit of solution to two dimensional viscous compressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations with transverse background magnetic field. When the magnetic field…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-09-23 Xiufang Cui , Shengxin Li , Feng Xie

We establish instability of periodic traveling waves arising in conservation laws featuring phase transition. The analysis uses the Evans function framework introduced by R.A. Gardner in the periodic case. The main new tool is a periodic…

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