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Supersonic turbulence is a large reservoir of suprathermal energy in the interstellar medium. Its dissipation, because it is intermittent in space and time, can deeply modify the chemistry of the gas. We further explore a hybrid method to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-11-13 Benjamin Godard , Edith Falgarone , Guillaume Pineau Des Forêts

Using a recently developed analytical procedure, we determine the rate of magnetic reconnection in the "standard" model of eruptive solar flares. During the late phase, the neutral line is located near the lower tip of the reconnection…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 Terry G. Forbes , Daniel B. Seaton , Katharine K. Reeves

Three-dimensional special relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations are performed to investigate properties of the downstream turbulence generated by the interaction between a relativistic shock wave and multiple clumps. We analyze the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-24 Kanji Morikawa , Yutaka Ohira , Takumi Ohmura

Two direct numerical simulation (DNS) databases are investigated to understand the effect of the outer-layer turbulence on the inner layer's structures and energy transfer mechanisms. The first DNS database is the non-equilibrium…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-07-25 Taygun R. Gungor , Yvan Maciel , Ayse G. Gungor

We present 3D numerical simulations and an analytic model of reflection-driven MHD turbulence in the solar wind. Our simulations describe transverse, non-compressive MHD fluctuations within a narrow magnetic flux tube that extends from the…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Benjamin D. G. Chandran , Jean C. Perez

Turbulent flows in the solar wind, large scale current sheets, multiple current sheets, and shock waves lead to the formation of environments in which a dense network of current sheets is established and sustains "turbulent reconnection".…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 Loukas Vlahos , Theophilos Pisokas , Heinz Isliker , Vassilios Tsiolis , Anastasios Anastasiadis

Magnetic field embedded in a perfectly conducting fluid preserves its topology for all time. Although ionized astrophysical objects, like stars and galactic disks, are almost perfectly conducting, they show indications of changes in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-03-16 A. Lazarian , G. Kowal , E. Vishniac , K. Kulpa-Dubel , K. Otmianowska-Mazur

Magnetic reconnection, often accompanied by turbulence interaction, is a ubiquitous phenomenon in astrophysical environments. However, the current understanding of the nature of turbulent magnetic reconnection remains insufficient. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-26 Shi-Min Liang , Jian-Fu Zhang , Na-Na Gao , Nian-Yu Yi

Transverse magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves are ubiquitous in the solar atmosphere and may be responsible for generating the Sun's million-degree outer atmosphere. However, direct evidence of the dissipation process and heating from these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 Patrick Antolin , Takenori J. Okamoto , Bart De Pontieu , Han Uitenbroek , Tom Van Doorsselaere , Takaaki Yokoyama

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) kink waves are ubiquitously observed in the solar atmosphere. The propagation and damping of these waves may play relevant roles for the transport and dissipation of energy in the solar atmospheric medium. However,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Roberto Soler , Jaume Terradas

We develop a novel data-driven approach to modeling the atmospheric boundary layer. This approach leads to a nonlocal, anisotropic synthetic turbulence model which we refer to as the deep rapid distortion (DRD) model. Our approach relies on…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-10-07 Brendan Keith , Ustim Khristenko , Barbara Wohlmuth

Interchange reconnection is thought to play an important role in determining the dynamics and material composition of the slow solar wind that originates from near coronal hole boundaries. To explore the implications of this process we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Roger B. Scott , Stephen J. Bradshaw , Mark G. Linton

In order to understand the nature of magnetic reconnection in ``free space'' which is free from any influence of external circumstances, I have studied the structure of spontaneous reconnection outflow using a shock tube approximation. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Shin-ya Nitta

We present a new model of magnetic reconnection in the presence of turbulence, applicable when the magnetic helicity is non-zero. The new model differs from the Lazarian-Vishniac turbulent reconnection theory by emphasizing the role of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-01-22 Alexander J. B. Russell

Magnetic reconnection is a process that changes magnetic field topology in highly conducting fluids. Traditionally, magnetic reconnection was associated mostly with solar flares. In reality, the process must be ubiquitous as astrophysical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 A Lazarian , G. Eyink , E. Vishniac , G. Kowal

Reconnection is the process by which magnetic fields in a conducting fluid change their topology. This process is essential for understanding a wide variety of astrophysical processes, including stellar and galactic dynamos and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 A. Lazarian , E. Vishniac

In this review many of the well known tools for the analysis of Complex systems are used in order to study the global coupling of the turbulent convection zone with the solar atmosphere where the magnetic energy is dissipated explosively.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-03 Loukas Vlahos , Heinz Isliker

In solar wind, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) discontinuities are ubiquitous and often found to be at the origin of turbulence intermittency. They may also play a key role in the turbulence dissipation and heating of the solar wind. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Lei Zhang , Jiansen He , Chuanyi Tu , Liping Yang , Xin Wang , Eckart Marsch , Linghua Wang

Electron-only reconnection (EREC) is a magnetic reconnection regime occurring within subion-scale current sheets (CSs), exhibiting only electron jets, without any ion outflows. EREC has been first observed in the Earth's magnetosheath,…

We present a 3D MHD simulation of two merging flux ropes exhibiting self-generated and self-sustaining turbulent reconnection (SGTR) that is fully 3D and fast. The exploration of SGTR is crucial for understanding the relationship between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-24 Raheem Beg , Alexander J. B. Russell , Gunnar Hornig