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Density is the turbulence statistics that is most readily available from observations. Different regimes of turbulence correspond to different density spectra. For instance, the viscosity-damped regime of MHD turbulence relevant, for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-01-03 A. Lazarian , G. Kowal , A. Beresnyak

The interstellar medium of the Milky Way is multi-phase, magnetized and turbulent. Turbulence in the interstellar medium produces a global cascade of random gas motions, spanning scales ranging from 100 parsecs to 1000 kilometres.…

We present results of large-scale three-dimensional simulations of supersonic Euler turbulence with the piecewise parabolic method and multiple grid resolutions up to 2048^3 points. Our numerical experiments describe non-magnetized driven…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Alexei G. Kritsuk , Michael L. Norman , Paolo Padoan , Rick Wagner

Faraday rotation of linearly polarized radio signals provides a very sensitive probe of fluctuations in the interstellar magnetic field and ionized gas density resulting from magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. We used a set of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 Blakesley Burkhart , A. Lazarian , B. M. Gaensler

The radio frequency 1.4 GHz transition of the atomic hydrogen is one of the important tracers of the diffuse neutral interstellar medium. Radio astronomical observations of this transition, using either a single dish telescope or an array…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-29 Nirupam Roy

Accurate estimation of galaxy cluster masses is a central problem in cosmology. Turbulence is believed to introduce significant deviations from the hydrostatic mass estimates. Estimation of turbulence properties is complicated by projection…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-04 Mark Bishop , Yvette Perrott , Tulasi Parashar , Sean Oughton

We employ the IllustrisTNG simulation data to investigate the turbulent and thermal motions of the cosmic baryonic fluid. With continuous wavelet transform techniques, we define the pressure spectra, or density-weighted velocity power…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-12 Yun Wang , Ping He

We propose a model for the density statistics in supersonic turbulence, which play a crucial role in star-formation and the physics of the interstellar medium (ISM). Motivated by [Hopkins, MNRAS, 430, 1880 (2013)], the model considers the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-30 Jonathan Squire , Philip F. Hopkins

Is the turbulence in cluster-forming regions internally driven by stellar outflows or the consequence of a large-scale turbulent cascade? We address this question by studying the turbulent energy spectrum in NGC 1333. Using synthetic 13CO…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Paolo Padoan , Mika Juvela , Alexei G. Kritsuk , Michael L. Norman

The distribution of a low-density transition temperature (10^4.5 - 10^5.5 K) gas in the interstellar medium conveys the character and evolution of diffuse matter in the Galaxy. This difficult to observe component of the ISM emits mainly in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-09-09 Eric J. Korpela , Martin Sirk , Jerry Edelstein , Kwangil Seon , Kyoung-Wook Min , Wonyong Han

The density fluctuation spectrum in the solar wind reveals a Kolmogorov-like scaling with a spectral slope of -5/3 in wavenumber space. The energy transfer process in the magnetized solar wind, characterized typically by MHD turbulence,…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Dastgeer Shaikh , G. P. Zank

The characteristic outer scale of turbulence and the ratio of the random to ordered components of the magnetic field are key parameters to characterise magnetic turbulence in the interstellar gas, which affects the propagation of cosmic…

{We study in some details the statistical properties of the turbulent 2-phase interstellar atomic gas.{We present high resolution bidimensional numerical simulations of the interstellar atomic hydrogen which describe it over 3 to 4 orders…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 P. Hennebelle , E. Audit

Context: The interstellar medium (ISM) on all scales is full of structures that can be used as tracers of processes that feed turbulence. Aims: We used HI survey data to derive global properties of the angular power distribution of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-02 P. M. W. Kalberla , U. Haud

A tomographic method is described to quantify the three-dimensional power-spectrum of the ionospheric electron-density fluctuations based on radio-interferometric observations by a two-dimensional planar array. The method is valid to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 L. V. E. Koopmans

Fractional Brownian motion (fBm) structures are used to investigate the dependency of column density variance ({\sigma}_{\ln N}^2) in the turbulent interstellar medium on the variance of three-dimensional density ({\sigma}_{\ln\rho}^2) and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Kwang-Il Seon

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 utilize observations of sub-millimeter rotational transitions of CO from a Herschel Cycle 2 open time program ("COPS", PI: J. Green) to identify previously predicted turbulent dissipation by magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) shocks in molecular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-17 Rebecca L. Larson , Neal J. Evans , Joel D. Green , Yao-Lun Yang

Understanding the physics of turbulence is crucial for many applications, including weather, industry, and astrophysics. In the interstellar medium (ISM), supersonic turbulence plays a crucial role in controlling the gas density and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-15 Christoph Federrath , Ralf S. Klessen , Luigi Iapichino , James R. Beattie

Spatially-resolved gas pressure maps of the Coma galaxy cluster are obtained from a mosaic of XMM-Newton observations in the scale range between a resolution of 20 kpc and an extent of 2.8 Mpc. A Fourier analysis of the data reveals the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Schuecker , A. Finoguenov , F. Miniati , H. Boehringer , U. G. Briel