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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 Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in an ionized plasma is considered with a focus on the generation of magnetic field via the Biermann battery mechanisms. The problem is studied through direct numerical simulations of two counter-directed…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-08-11 Mikhail Modestov , Vitaly Bychkov , Gert Brodin , Mattias Marklund , Axel Brandenburg

A theory of the macroturbulent instability in the system containing vortices of opposite directions (vortices and antivortices) in hard superconductors is proposed. The origin of the instability is connected with the anisotropy of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-24 L. M. Fisher , T. H. Johansen , A. L. Rakhmanov , A. A. Levchenko , V. A. Yampol'skii

Kraichnan (1965) proposed that MHD turbulence occurs as a result of collisions between oppositely directed Alfv\'en wave packets. Recent work has generated some controversy over the nature of non linear couplings between colliding Alfv\'en…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 P. Goldreich , S. Sridhar

A number of ultra-cool dwarfs emit circularly polarised radio waves generated by the electron cyclotron maser instability. In the solar system such radio is emitted from regions of strong auroral magnetic field-aligned currents. We thus…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 J. D. Nichols , M. R. Burleigh , S. L. Casewell , J. T. Clarke , S. W. H Cowley , A. A. West , G. A. Wynn

A field theoretical method is developed which permits us to study the dynamics of vortices in disordered environments. In particular, we obtain a self-consistent system of equations for disorder averaged quantities. Making use of a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 J. Müllers , A. Schmid

We use 3D radiative MHD simulations to investigate the formation and dynamics of small-scale (less than 0.5 Mm in diameter) vortex tubes spontaneously generated by turbulent convection in quiet-Sun regions with initially weak mean magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 I. N. Kitiashvili , A. G. Kosovichev , N. N. Mansour , A. A. Wray

The study of the interaction between superconductivity and charge ordering is helpful to resolve the pairing mechanism in high-temperature superconductors. Recently, several resistance oscillations studies trigger the speculation that a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-04-29 Changshuai Lan , Chuanwen Zhao , Xin Yi , Qiao Chen , Xinming Zhao , Dong Wu , Chengyu Yan , Shun Wang

Magnetorotational instability (MRI) in a convectively-stable layer around the neutrinosphere is simulated by a three-dimensional model of supernova core. To resolve MRI-unstable modes, a thin layer approximation considering only the radial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Youhei Masada , Tomoya Takiwaki , Kei Kotake

It is shown that the electric charge of vortices can result in a helical instability of straight vortex lines in layered superconductors, particularly Bi-based cuprates or organic superconductors. This instability may result in a phase…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-18 A. Gurevich

The shear Alfv\'en spectrum is computed in the presence of symmetry breaking perturbations that introduce chaotic magnetic field trajectories. Quadratic flux minimised surfaces allow the creation of pseudo straight field line coordinates in…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-12-01 Matthew Thomas , Zhisong Qu , Matthew Hole

Vortex shedding from an obstacle potential moving in a Bose-Einstein condensate is investigated. Long-lived alternately aligned vortex pairs are found to form in the wake, as for the von K\'arm\'an vortex street in classical viscous fluids.…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-05-18 Kazuki Sasaki , Naoya Suzuki , Hiroki Saito

In this work, we study the spontaneous formation of a vortex lattice in two-dimensional valley polarized superconductors due to orbital magnetization. The screening of magnetic field is weak for two-dimension superconductors, allowing for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-05-30 Ammar Jahin , Shi-Zeng Lin

The aim of this study is to investigate the magnetospheric disturbances effects on complicated nonlinear system of atmospheric processes. During substorms and storms, the ionosphere was subjected to rather a significant Joule heating, and…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2017-11-27 P. A. Sedykh

We show that the interaction of an accretion disk with the magnetosphere of a neutron star can excite resonant shear Alfven waves with Hz-kHz frequencies in a region of enhanced density gradients. This is the the region where accretion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vahid Rezania , John C. Samson

The atmosphere of a hot jupiter may be subject to a thermo-resistive instability, in which the increasing electrical conductivity with temperature leads to runaway Ohmic heating. We introduce a simplified model of the local dynamics in the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-07 Raphaël Hardy , Andrew Cumming , Paul Charbonneau

A local vortex-structured aurora and a large-scale transpolar arc (TPA) were contemporaneously observed by the Polar ultraviolet imager (UVI) when a substorm almost recovered, and the associated interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) BY and BZ…

Space Physics · Physics 2025-09-29 Motoharu Nowada , Yukinaga Miyashita , Aoi Nakamizo , Noora Partamies , Quan-Qi Shi

A superconducting rod with a magnetic moment on top develops vortices obtained here through 3D calculations of the Ginzburg-Landau theory. The inhomogeneity of the applied field brings new properties to the vortex patterns that vary…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-14 Antonio R. de C. Romaguera , Mauro M. Doria , F. M. Peeters

During their main sequence evolution, massive stars can develop convective regions very close to their surface. These regions are caused by an opacity peak associated with iron ionization. Cantiello et al. (2009) found a possible connection…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-26 Matteo Cantiello , Jonathan Braithwaite , Axel Brandenburg , Fabio Del Sordo , Petri Käpylä , Norbert Langer
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