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We investigate the local self-sustained process underlying spiral turbulence in counter-rotating Taylor-Couette flow using a periodic annular domain, shaped as a parallelogram, two of whose sides are aligned with the cylindrical helix…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-11-30 B. Wang , R. Ayats , K. Deguchi , F. Mellibovsky , A. Meseguer

Simulation results from a global magnetohydrodynamic model of the solar corona and solar wind are compared with Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations during its first five orbits. The fully three-dimensional model is based on…

Space Physics · Physics 2021-12-22 Rohit Chhiber , Arcadi V. Usmanov , William H. Matthaeus , Melvyn L. Goldstein

In-situ observations of magnetic field fluctuations in the solar wind show a broad continuum in the power spectral density (PSD) with a power-law range of scaling often identified as an inertial range of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence.…

Space Physics · Physics 2012-10-08 A. J. Turner , S. C. Chapman , G. Gogoberidze

We consider the double-shock structure of ultra-relativistic flows produced by the interaction of magnetized wind with magnetized external medium. The contact discontinuity (CD) is a special point in the flow - density, kinetic pressure and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-03 Maxim Lyutikov

Turbulence and magnetic fields are components of the interstellar medium and are interconnected through plasma processes. In particular, the magnetic flux transport in the presence of magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is an essential…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-30 C. N. Koshikumo , R. Santos-Lima , M. V. del Valle , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , G. Guerrero , A. Lazarian

The objective of the paper is to asses the specific spectral scaling properties of magnetic reconnection associated fluctuations/turbulence at the Earthward and tailward outflow regions observed simultaneously by the Cluster and Double Star…

Reconnection of alternating magnetic fields is an important energy transformation mechanism in Poynting dominated outflows. We show that the reconnection is facilitated by the Kruskal-Schwarzschild instability of current sheets separating…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Yuri Lyubarsky

Magnetic reconnection is a universal process that powers explosive energy release events such as solar flares, geomagnetic substorms, and some astrophysical jets. A characteristic feature of magnetic reconnection is the production of fast…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-15 Chengcai Shen , Bin Chen , Katharine K. Reeves , Sijie Yu , Vanessa Polito , Xiaoyan Xie

The diffusion of astrophysical magnetic fields in conducting fluids in the presence of turbulence depends on whether magnetic fields can change their topology or reconnect in highly conducting media. Recent progress in understanding fast…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-03-16 A. Lazarian , R. Santos-Lima , E. Gouveia Dal Pino

We present the first general relativistic hydrodynamic models of the launch and evolution of relativistic jets and winds, driven by thermal energy deposition, possibly due to neutrino-antineutrino annihilation, in the close vicinity of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. A. Aloy , H. -T. Janka , E. Mueller

We discuss recent advances made in modelling the complex magnetohydrodynamics of the Sun using our anelastic spherical harmonics (ASH) code. We have conducted extensive 3--D simulations of compressible convection in rotating spherical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Allan Sacha Brun , Juri Toomre

Fluid models that approximate kinetic effects have received attention recently in the modelling of large scale plasmas such as planetary magnetospheres. In three-dimensional reconnection, both reconnection itself and current sheet…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-03-03 F. Allmann-Rahn , S. Lautenbach , R. Grauer , R. D. Sydora

Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process of magnetic field topology change. We analyze the connection of this process with turbulence which is ubiquitous in astrophysical environments. We show how Lazarian & Vishniac (1999) model of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-15 A. Lazarian , G. Eyink , E. Vishniac , G. Kowal

The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding and to model the processes controlling the amplitude of the wind of Rayleigh-Benard convection. We analyze results from direct simulation of an L/H = 4 aspect-ratio domain with…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-09-29 Maarten van Reeuwijk , Harm J. J. Jonker , Kemo Hanjalic

We develop a phenomenological model of strong imbalanced magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence that accounts for intermittency and the reflection of Alfven waves by spatial variations in the Alfven speed. Our model predicts the slopes of the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-02-10 B. D. G. Chandran , N. Sioulas , S. Bale , T. Bowen , V. David , R. Meyrand , E. Yerger

To comprehensively understand saturation of two-dimensional ($2$D) magnetized Kelvin-Helmholtz-instability-driven turbulence, energy transfer analysis is extended from the traditional interaction between scales to include eigenmode…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-07-26 B. Tripathi , A. E. Fraser , P. W. Terry , E. G. Zweibel , M. J. Pueschel , E. H. Anders

We consider strongly stratified forced turbulence in a plane-parallel layer with helicity and corresponding large-scale dynamo action in the lower part and non-helical turbulence in the upper. The magnetic field is found to develop strongly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-23 Sarah Jabbari , Axel Brandenburg , Dhrubaditya Mitra , Nathan Kleeorin , Igor Rogachevskii

In large eddy simulation of atmospheric boundary layer flows over wind farms, wall-layer models are generally imposed for the surface fluxes without considering the spatial variability of the surface roughness. In this study, we consider…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-05-03 Jagdeep Singh , Jahrul Alam

Dayside magnetic reconnection allows for the transfer of the solar wind's energy into Earth's magnetosphere. This process takes place in electron diffusion regions (EDRs) embedded in ion diffusion regions (IDRs), which form in the…

One of the characteristic features of turbulent flows is the emergence of many vortices which interact, deform, and intersect, generating a chaotic movement. The evolution of a pair of vortices, e.g. condensation trails of a plane, can be…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Sergei Iakunin , Luis Vega