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The properties of amplitude modulated broadband Alfven waves is investigated. In particular, the dynamics of circularly polarized dispersive Alfven waves, governed by a derivative nonlinear Schroedinger equation, is analyzed using the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Marklund , P. K. Shukla

We analyse the effects of the propagating Alfv\'en waves, arising due to non-zero mean magnetic fields, on the nonequilibrium steady states of three-dimensional (3d) homogeneous Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. In particular, the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Abhik Basu , Jayanta K Bhattacharjee

We present three-dimensional, hybrid-kinetic numerical simulations of driven Alfv\'{e}n-wave turbulence of relevance to the collisionless near-Earth solar wind. Special attention is paid to the spectral transition that occurs near the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-10 Lev Arzamasskiy , Matthew W. Kunz , Benjamin D. G. Chandran , Eliot Quataert

In this paper we further develop a model for the heating of coronal loops by Alfven wave turbulence (AWT). The Alfven waves are assumed to be launched from a collection of kilogauss flux tubes in the photosphere at the two ends of the loop.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-08 Adriaan A. van Ballegooijen , Mahboubeh Asgari-Targhi , Alexander Voss

We present 3D numerical simulations and an analytic model of reflection-driven MHD turbulence in the solar wind. Our simulations describe transverse, non-compressive MHD fluctuations within a narrow magnetic flux tube that extends from the…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Benjamin D. G. Chandran , Jean C. Perez

Solar pores are ideal magnetic structures for wave propagation and transport of energy radially-outwards across the upper layers of the solar atmosphere. We aim to model the excitation and propagation of magnetohydrodynamic waves in a pore…

This paper is devoted to the study of the gravitational instability of a medium permeated by a uniform magnetic field along which a circularly polarized Alfven wave propagates. We concentrate on the case of perturbations purely transverse…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Adriana Gazol , Thierry Passot

In the near future, Parker Solar Probe will put theories about the dynamics and nature of the transition between the solar corona and the solar wind to stringent tests. The most popular mechanism aimed to explain the dynamics of the nascent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 N. Magyar , V. M. Nakariakov

Using Particle-In-Cell simulations i.e. in the kinetic plasma description the discovery of a new mechanism of parallel electric field generation was recently reported. Here we show that the electric field generation parallel to the uniform…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-10 David Tsiklauri

Physical problems with a solution that can be expressed analytically are scarce; this holds even more true for problems set in a cosmological context. Such solutions are, however, invaluable tools for making comparisons between theory,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-13 Orestis A. Karapiperis , Matthieu Schaller

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

Astrophysical turbulence is magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) in its nature. We discuss fundamental properties of MHD turbulence. In particular, we discuss the generation of compressible MHD waves by Alfvenic turbulence and show that this process…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Jungyeon Cho , A. Lazarian

We solve numerically ideal, 2.5D, MHD equations in Cartesian coordinates, with a plasma beta of 0.0001 starting from the equilibrium that mimics a footpoint of a large curvature radius solar coronal loop or a polar region plume. On top of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 David Tsiklauri

The nonlinear dynamics of collisionless Alfven trains, including resonant particle effects is studied using the kinetic nonlinear Schroedinger (KNLS) equation model. Numerical solutions of the KNLS reveal the dynamics of Alfven waves to be…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 M. V. Medvedev , P. H. Diamond , V. I. Shevchenko , V. L. Galinsky

Particles ejected from the Sun that stream through the surrounding plasma of the solar wind are causing instabilities. These generate wavemodes in a certain frequency range especially within shock regions, where particles are accelerated.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Sebastian Lange , Felix Spanier

We investigate magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in plane shear flows with a streamwise background magnetic field in the super-Alfv\'enic regime. We show that the large-scale velocity shear suppresses turbulence imbalance, driving the…

Space Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 M. Kavtaradze , G. Mamatsashvili , G. Chagelishvili , E. Uchava

A model is presented for generation of fast solar wind in coronal holes, relying on heating that is dominated by turbulent dissipation of MHD fluctuations transported upwards in the solar atmosphere. Scale-separated transport equations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 A. Verdini , M. Velli , W. H. Matthaeus , S. Oughton , P. Dmitruk

Our goal is to gain new insights into the physics of wave overreflection phenomenon in MHD nonuniform/shear flows changing the existing trend/approach of the phenomenon study. The performed analysis allows to separate from each other…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-02-20 D. Gogichaishvili , G. Chagelishvili , R. Chanishvili , J. Lominadze

The hot loop structures in the solar corona can be well modeled by three dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations, where the corona is heated by field line braiding driven at the photosphere. To be able to reproduce the emission…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-28 Jörn Warnecke , Sven Bingert

The interaction between the electromagnetic field and plasmonic nanostructures leads to both the strong linear response and inherent nonlinear behavior. In this paper, a time-domain hydrodynamic model for describing the motion of electrons…

Optics · Physics 2017-09-19 Ming Fang , Zhixiang Huang , Wei E. I. Sha , Xianliang Wu
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