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A challenging and fundamental research problem is the better understanding and control of the turbulent transport of heat in present-day tokamak fusion experiments. Recent developments in numerical methods along with enormous gains in…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 Jeremy Kepner , Scott Parker , Viktor Decyk

Global simulations of electromagnetic turbulence, collisionless tearing modes, and Alfven Eigenmodes in the presence of fast particles are carried out using the gyrokinetic particle-in-cell codes ORB5 (E. Lanti et al, Comp. Phys. Comm.,…

This two-part review summarizes interstellar turbulence and its implications. The first part begins with diagnostics and energy sources. Turbulence theory is considered in detail, including the basic fluid equations, solenoidal and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Bruce G. Elmegreen , John Scalo

Simulations are performed to investigate turbulent properties of nonlinearly interacting two-dimensional (2D) magnetic electron drift vortex (MEDV) modes in a nonuniform unmagnetized plasma. The relevant nonlinear equations governing the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Dastgeer Shaikh , P. K. Shukla

We review numerical simulations of MHD turbulence. The last decade has witnessed fundamental advances both in the technical capabilities of direct numerical simulation, and in our understanding of key physical processes. Magnetic fields tap…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Steven A. Balbus , John F. Hawley

This paper is devoted to studying of dispersion of waves in the magnetized plasma with the spin and exploring of new methods of the generation wave in the plasma. We consider the dispersion of waves, existed in the plasma in consequence of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-12-04 P. A. Andreev , L. S. Kuz'menkov

Magnetic-field generation by a relativistic ion beam propagating through an electron-ion plasma along a homogeneous magnetic field is investigated with 2.5D high-resolution particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. The studies test predictions of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Jacek Niemiec , Martin Pohl , Antoine Bret , Thomas Stroman

We report a universal mechanism for turbulence-driven magnetic islands in fusion plasmas. Using gyrokinetic simulations of a linearly stable tearing mode in a large-aspect-ratio toroidal geometry under collisionless conditions, we…

An initially planar shock wave propagating into a medium of non-uniform density will be perturbed, leading to the generation of post-shock velocity perturbations. Using numerical simulations we study this phenomenon in the case of…

We investigate properties of turbulence and turbulent transport of non-inertial particles described in terms of turbulent thermal diffusion in strongly inhomogeneous and anisotropic convection forced by two similar turbulence generators…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-17 E. Zarbib , E. Elmakies , O. Shildkrot , N. Kleeorin , A. Levy , I. Rogachevskii

We present the first demonstration of the negative effective magnetic pressure instability in direct numerical simulations of stably stratified, externally forced, isothermal hydromagnetic turbulence in the regime of large plasma beta. By…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-05 Axel Brandenburg , Koen Kemel , Nathan Kleeorin , Dhrubaditya Mitra , Igor Rogachevskii

Based on the modern understanding of MHD turbulence theory, we propose a new method for measuring the spectral properties of magnetic turbulence by synchrotron polarization gradient analysis. Using synthetic polarization observational data,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-08 Jianfu Zhang , Ziqi Liu

MHD Turbulence is a critical component of the current paradigms of star formation, particle transport, magnetic reconnection and evolution of the ISM, to name just a few. Progress on this difficult subject is made via numerical simulations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Blakesley Burkhart , Alex Lazarian

Cluster media are dynamical, not static; observational evidence suggests they are turbulent. High-resolution simulations of the intracluster media (ICMs) and of idealized, similar media help us understand the complex physics and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-24 T. W. Jones , David H. Porter , Dongsu Ryu , Jungyeon Cho

Increasingly sophisticated observational tools and techniques are now being developed for probing the nature of interstellar turbulence. At the same time, theoretical advances in understanding the nature of turbulence and its effects on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Mark Heyer , Ellen Zweibel

Lagrangian turbulence lies at the core of numerous applied and fundamental problems related to the physics of dispersion and mixing in engineering, bio-fluids, atmosphere, oceans, and astrophysics. Despite exceptional theoretical,…

Simulations of turbulent flows in 3D are one of the most expensive simulations in computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Many works have been written on surrogate models to replace numerical solvers for fluid flows with faster, learned,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-03-18 Marten Lienen , David Lüdke , Jan Hansen-Palmus , Stephan Günnemann

We report results of sumulation of wave turbulence. Both inverse and direct cascades are observed. The definition of "mesoscopic turbulence" is given. This is a regime when the number of modes in a system involved in turbulence is high…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-06-03 V. E. Zakharov , A. O. Korotkevich , A. N. Pushkarev , A. I. Dyachenko

We investigate experimentally phenomenon of turbulent thermal diffusion of micron-size solid particles in an inhomogeneous convective turbulence forced by one vertically-oriented oscillating grid in an air flow. This effect causes formation…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-04-19 E. Elmakies , O. Shildkrot , N. Kleeorin , A. Levy , I. Rogachevskii

In this paper we discuss a method for the generation of mock tidal streams. Using an ensemble of simulations in an isochrone potential where the actions and frequencies are known, we derive an empirical recipe for the evolving satellite…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-07-15 Mark A. Fardal , Shuiyao Huang , Martin D. Weinberg