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The universality of interstellar turbulence is examined from observed structure functions of 27 giant molecular clouds and Monte Carlo modeling. We show that the structure functions, dv=v0 l^gamma, derived from wide field imaging of CO…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Mark Heyer , Christopher Brunt

We summarise basic properties of MHD turbulence. First, MHD turbulence is not so messy as it is believed. In fact, the notion of strong non-linear coupling of compressible and incompressible motions along MHD cascade is not tenable. Alfven,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Lazarian , A. Beresnyak

The gas motions in the intracluster medium (ICM) are governed by stratified turbulence. Stratified turbulence is fundamentally different from Kolmogorov (isotropic, homogeneous) turbulence; kinetic energy not only cascades from large to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-26 Rajsekhar Mohapatra , Christoph Federrath , Prateek Sharma

This paper reports on 3D numerical simulations of dynamics and thermodynamics in the diffuse ISM. Our models are local, account for sheared galactic rotation, magnetic fields, and realistic cooling, and resolve scales ~1-200 pc. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Robert A. Piontek , Eve C. Ostriker

As 2D materials such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, and 2D polymers become more prevalent, solution processing and colloidal-state properties are being exploited to create advanced and functional materials. However, our…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-04-27 Kevin S. Silmore , Michael S. Strano , James W. Swan

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

We carry out direct numerical simulations of turbulent astrophysical media that explicitly track ionizations, recombinations, and species-by-species radiative cooling. The simulations assume solar composition and follows the evolution of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 William J Gray , Evan Scannapieco , Daniel Kasen

Supersonic turbulence is vital to astrophysical and high-speed engineering flows, yet its energy transfer mechanisms remain poorly understood. We present high-resolution ($1024^3$) direct numerical simulations (DNS) of forced compressible…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-30 Harshit Tiwari , Dhananjay Singh , Mahendra K. Verma , Rajesh Ranjan

We study collisions between two strongly interacting atomic Fermi gas clouds. We observe exotic nonlinear hydrodynamic behavior, distinguished by the formation of a very sharp and stable density peak as the clouds collide and subsequent…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-01-18 James Joseph , John E. Thomas , Manas Kulkarni , Alexander G. Abanov

The diffuse interstellar medium is dynamic, and its chemistry and evolution is determined by shock fronts as well as photodissociation. Shocks are implied by the supersonic motions and velocity dispersion often statistically called…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-17 William T. Reach , Carl Heiles

This study investigates the impact of molecular thermal fluctuations on compressible decaying isotropic turbulence using the unified stochastic particle (USP) method, encompassing both two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D)…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-07-03 Qihan Ma , Chunxin Yang , Song Chen , Kaikai Feng , Ziqi Cui , Jun Zhang

Turbulence plays a key role for forming the complex geometry of the large-scale current sheet (CS) and fast energy release in a solar eruption. In this paper, we present full 3D high-resolution simulations for the process of a moderate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-21 Jing Ye , John C. Raymond , Zhixing Mei , Qiangwei Cai , Yuhao Chen , Yan Li , Jun Lin

We study theoretically and numerically spatial distribution and collision rate of droplets that sediment in homogeneous isotropic Navier-Stokes turbulence. It is assumed that typical turbulent accelerations of fluid particles are much…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-05-17 Itzhak Fouxon , Seulgi Lee , Changhoon Lee

Turbulence is ubiquitous in molecular clouds (MCs), but its origin is still unclear because MCs are usually assumed to live longer than the turbulence dissipation time. Interstellar medium (ISM) turbulence is likely driven by SN explosions,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-05-04 Paolo Padoan , Liubin Pan , Troels Haugboelle , Ake Nordlund

The results of study of the gravitational fragmentation in the interstellar medium (ISM) by clump-clump collisions are presented. We suggest, that collision of clumps, that are subparts of Giant Molecular Clouds (GMC) may be on of the basic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-04 S. B. Vinogradov , P. Berczik

We study the observable signatures of self-gravitating MHD turbulence by applying the probability density functions (PDFs) and the spatial density power spectrum to synthetic column density maps. We find that there exists three…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Blakesley Burkhart , David C. Collins , Alex Lazarian

We conduct two kinds of homogeneous isotropic turbulence simulations relevant for the intracluster medium (ICM): (i) pure turbulence runs without radiative cooling; (ii) turbulent heating$+$radiative cooling runs with global thermal…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-13 Rajsekhar Mohapatra , Prateek Sharma

Turbulence is essential for understanding the structure and dynamics of molecular clouds and star-forming regions. There is a need for adequate tools to describe and characterize the properties of turbulent flows. One-point probability…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Ralf S. Klessen

To evaluate the effect of turbulent heating in the thermal balance of interstellar clouds, we develop an extension of the log-Poisson intermittency model to supersonic turbulence. The model depends on a parameter, d, interpreted as the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Liubin Pan , Paolo Padoan

We have investigated steady, radial gas outflows (or winds) from galaxies and the development of thermal instability in the hot gas. In order to see the maximum influence of the instability on the global structure of the galactic outflows,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Yutaka Fujita