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The observed wiggles and knots in astrophysical jets as well as the curvilinear motion of radio emitting features are frequently interpreted as signatures of the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability (eg. Hardee 1987). We investigate the KH…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Hanasz

Self-gravitating gaseous filaments exist on many astrophysical scales, from sub-pc filaments in the interstellar medium to Mpc scale streams feeding galaxies from the cosmic web. These filaments are often subject to Kelvin-Helmotz…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-21 Han Aung , Nir Mandelker , Daisuke Nagai , Avishai Dekel , Yuval Birnboim

Magnetohydrodynamic kink waves naturally form as a consequence of perturbations to a structured medium, for example transverse oscillations of coronal loops. Linear theory has provided many insights in the evolution of linear oscillations,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-26 Andrew Hillier , Iñigo Arregui , Takeshi Matsumoto

In light of the recent detection of direct evidence for the formation of Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in the Orion nebula, we expand upon previous modelling efforts by numerically simulating the shear-flow driven gas and dust dynamics in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-03-11 T. Hendrix , R. Keppens , P. Camps

We study the conditions under which high mode magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves propagating on a rotating jet emerging from the filament eruption on 2013 April 10--11 can became unstable against the Kelvin--Helmholtz instability (KHI). The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-06 Ivan Zhelyazkov , Ramesh Chandra

A three-dimensional round liquid jet within a low-speed coaxial gas flow is numerically simulated and explained via vortex dynamics ($\lambda_2$ method). The instabilities on the liquid-gas interface reflect well the vortex interactions…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-08-28 Arash Zandian , William A. Sirignano , Fazle Hussain

We investigate the linear stability of a sinusoidal shear flow with an initially uniform streamwise magnetic field in the framework of incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) with finite resistivity and viscosity. This flow is known to be…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-10-19 Adrian E. Fraser , Imogen G. Cresswell , Pascale Garaud

To systematically stress a rotationally symmetric 3D magnetic null point by advecting the opposite footpoints of the spine axis in opposite directions. This stress eventually concentrates in the vicinity of the null point forming a local…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 K. Galsgaard , D. I. Pontin

We analyze the stability of dust layer in protoplanetary disk to understand the effect of the relative motion between gas and dust. The previous analyses not including the effect of relative motion between gas and dust show that the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Shugo Michikoshi , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

We study a two-phase sample of superfluid 3He where vorticity exists in one phase (3He-A) but cannot penetrate across the interfacial boundary to a second coherent phase (3He-B). We calculate the bending of the vorticity into a surface…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Hänninen , R. Blaauwgeers , V. B. Eltsov , A. P. Finne , M. Krusius , E. V. Thuneberg , G. E. Volovik

A profound change occurs in the stability of quantized vortices in externally applied flow of superfluid 3He-B at temperatures ~ 0.6 Tc, owing to the rapidly decreasing damping in vortex motion with decreasing temperature. At low damping an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-02-23 R. de Graaf , R. Hanninen , T. V. Chagovets , V. B. Eltsov , M. Krusius , R. E. Solntsev

In this work the dynamic magnetic field within a tearing-unstable three-dimensional (3D) current sheet about a magnetic null point is described in detail. We focus on the evolution of the magnetic null points and flux ropes that are formed…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 P. F. Wyper , D. I Pontin

An evolution of a spherical region, subjected to uniform buoyancy force, is investigated. Incompressibility and axial symmetry are assumed, together with a buoyancy discontinuity at the boundary. The boundary turns into a vortex sheet and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-05-12 Paweł Jędrejko , Jun-Ichi Yano , Marta Wacławczyk

Context: The majority of studies on stressed 3D magnetic null points consider magnetic reconnection driven by an external perturbation, but the formation of a genuine current sheet equilibrium remains poorly understood. This problem has…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-07 Jorge Fuentes-Fernandez , Clare E. Parnell

This paper considers the current distributions that derive from finite amplitude perturbations of line-tied magnetic fields comprising hyperbolic field structures. The initial equilibrium on which we principally focus is a planar magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 I. J. D. Craig , D. I. Pontin

In this paper, the temporal evolution of 3-dimensional relativistic current sheets in Poynting-dominated plasma is studied for the first time. Over the past few decades, a lot of efforts have been conducted on studying the evolution of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-14 Makoto Takamoto

Supra-arcade downflows (SADs) are sunward, generally dark, plasma density depletions originated above posteruption flare arcades. In this paper using 3D MHD simulations we investigate if the SAD cavities can be produced by a direct…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-12 M. Cécere , E. Zurbriggen , A. Costa , M. Schneiter

Understanding the creation of relativistic jets originating from active galactic nuclei, require a thorough understanding of the accompanying plasma instabilities. Our high sensitivity, high resolution, global very long baseline…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-24 G. F. Paraschos , V. Mpisketzis

We present the results from 1.5D diffusion simulations of the Kippenhahn-Schlueter prominence model magnetic field evolution under the influence of the ambipolar terms of Cowling resistivity. We show that initially the evolution is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Andrew Hillier , Kazunari Shibata , Hiroaki Isobe

Separators, which are in many ways the three-dimensional equivalent to two-dimensional nulls, are important sites for magnetic reconnection. Magnetic reconnection occurs in strong current layers which have very short length scales. The aim…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-17 J. E. H. Stevenson , C. E. Parnell , E. R. Priest , A. L. Haynes