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We implement extensive computer simulations to investigate the hysteresis characteristics in the ordered arrays ($l^{}_x\times l^{}_y$) of magnetic nanoparticles as a function of aspect ratio $A^{}_r=l^{}_y/l^{}_x$, dipolar interaction…

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This letter discusses rotating magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) of a thin layer of astrophysical plasma. To describe a thin plasma layer with a free surface in a vertical external magnetic field we use the shallow water ap- proximation. The…

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In order to resolve and characterize anisotropy in turbulent plasma flows a proper estimation of the background magnetic field is crucially important. Various approaches to calculate the background magnetic fields, ranging from local fields…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-07-05 Felix Gerick , Joachim Saur , Michael von Papen

We investigate the angular anisotropy of the Hubble constant using the Cosmicflows-4 catalogue, with particular emphasis on three issues often treated only implicitly in the literature: the statistical formulation of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-16 Vincenzo Salzano , J. Beltrán Jiménez , Dario Bettoni , Philippe Brax , Aurélien Valade

The measure of the third-order structure function, Y, is employed in the solar wind to compute the cascade rate of turbulence. In the absence of a mean field B0=0, Y is expected to be isotropic (radial) and independent of the direction of…

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Magnetic reconnection is a process that changes magnetic field topology in highly conducting fluids. Within the standard Sweet-Parker model, this process would be too slow to explain observations (e.g. solar flares). In reality, the process…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-05 Grzegorz Kowal , Diego A. Falceta-Gonçalves , Alex Lazarian , Ethan T. Vishniac

We analyze the spectral properties of driven, supersonic compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence obtained via high-resolution numerical experiments, for application to understanding the dynamics of giant molecular clouds. Via…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jason G. Vestuto , Eve C. Ostriker , James M. Stone

We experimentally investigate quasi-two-dimensional (Q2D) forced shallow flows in the presence of solid boundaries and analyze the deviation from the Kolmogorov-Kraichnan (KK) theory. Complex motion is generated using a thin electrolyte…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-08 Ghassan Antar , Jamal El Kuweiss , Kai Schneider , Charbel Habchi , Sadruddin Benkadda

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

The MHD equations, as a collisional fluid model that remains in local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE), have long been used to describe turbulence in myriad space and astrophysical plasmas. Yet, the vast majority of these plasmas, from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-30 S. Majeski , M. W. Kunz , J. Squire

We present a set of three-dimensional (3D) direct numerical simulations of incompressible decaying magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in which we investigate the influence of an external uniform magnetic field B_0. A parametric study in terms…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 Barbara Bigot , Sebastien Galtier , Helene Politano

The structure and the dynamics of homogeneous turbulence are modified by the presence of body forces such that the Coriolis or the buoyancy forces, which may render a wide range of turbulence scales anisotropic. The corresponding…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2012-02-10 Fabien S. Godeferd

The study of dilepton emission from hot hadronic matter provides a unique probe of the medium properties in heavy-ion collisions. In strong magnetic fields expected in non-central collisions, the emission spectrum can develop anisotropic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-23 Rajkumar Mondal , Defu Hou

We provide a theoretical description of synchrotron fluctuations arising from magnetic turbulence. We derive an expression that relates the correlation of synchrotron fluctuations for an arbitrary index of relativistic electrons with the…

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Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves are routinely observed in the solar atmosphere. These waves are important in the context of solar physics as it is widely believed they can contribute to the energy budget of the solar atmosphere and are a…

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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…

Spatiotemporal correlation of magnetic field fluctuations is investigated using the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission in the terrestrial magnetosheath. The first observation of the turbulence propagator in space emerges through analysis of…

When a cylindrically-symmetric magnetized plasma compresses or expands, velocity-space anisotropy is naturally generated as a result of the different adiabatic conservation laws parallel and perpendicular to the magnetic field. When the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-05-18 Ian E. Ochs , Nathaniel J. Fisch

A well-known property of solar wind plasma turbulence is the observed anisotropy of the autocorrelations, or equivalently the spectra, of velocity and magnetic field fluctuations. Here we explore the related but apparently not well-studied…

We present high resolution numerical simulations of compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. We concentrate on studies of spectra and anisotropy of velocity and density. We describe a technique of separating different…

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