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We investigate properties of plasma turbulence from magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) to sub-ion scales by means of two-dimensional, high-resolution hybrid particle-in-cell simulations. We impose an initial ambient magnetic field, perpendicular to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-14 Luca Franci , Simone Landi , Lorenzo Matteini , Andrea Verdini , Petr Hellinger

We employ a generalization of the She & Leveque model to study velocity scaling relations based on our simulations of thermal instability--induced turbulence. Being a by-product of the interstellar phase transition, such multiphase…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Alexei G. Kritsuk , Michael L. Norman

We study two different types of simplified models for Kelvin wave turbulence on quantized vortex lines in superfluids near zero temperature. Our first model is obtained from a truncated expansion of the Local Induction Approximation…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-14 Guido Boffetta , Antonio Celani , Davide Dezzani , Jason Laurie , Sergey Nazarenko

We study two models of overdamped self-propelled disks in two dimensions, with and without aligning interactions. Active mesoscale flows leading to chaotic advection emerge in both models in the homogeneous dense fluid away from dynamical…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-06-07 Yann-Edwin Keta , Juliane Klamser , Robert L. Jack , Ludovic Berthier

The dimensionality of turbulence in fluid layers determines their properties. We study electromagnetically driven flows in finite depth fluid layers and show that eddy viscosity, which appears as a result of three-dimensional motions, leads…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-12-27 M. Shats , D. Byrne , H. Xia

A Kolmogorov-type cascade of Kelvin waves--the distortion waves on vortex lines--plays a key part in the relaxation of superfluid turbulence at low temperatures. We propose an efficient numeric scheme for simulating the Kelvin wave cascade…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-10-28 Evgeny Kozik , Boris Svistunov

By analyzing hot-wire velocity data taken in an open channel flow, an unambiguous definition of surface-layer thickness is here provided in terms of the cross-over scale between backward and forward energy fluxes. It is shown that the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-11-18 Guido Troiani , Francesco Cioffi , Angelo Olivieri , Carlo Massimo Casciola

Momentum-scalar coupling turbulence, a phenomenon observed in both natural and engineering contexts, involves the intricate interaction between multicomponent scalars and multiscale forces (i.e. multiple coupling mechanisms), resulting in a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-06-06 Wei Zhao

We consider stationary, forced, imbalanced, or cross-helical MHD Alfvenic turbulence where the waves traveling in one direction have higher amplitudes than the opposite waves. This paper is dedicated to so-called strong turbulence, which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Beresnyak , A. Lazarian

The Earth's magnetosheath provides a high $\beta$ (ratio of electron thermal pressure to magnetic pressure) plasma environment where kinetic Alfv\'en waves (KAWs) strongly influence turbulence and energy dissipation. This study investigates…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-12-11 Mani K. Chettri , Hemam D. Singh , Vivek Shrivastav , Britan Singh , Rupak Mukherjee

The turbulence of superfluid helium is investigated numerically at finite temperature. Direct numerical simulations are performed with a "truncated HVBK" model, which combines the continuous description of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2012-02-14 Julien Salort , Philippe-E. Roche , Emmanuel Lévêque

We briefly review helicity dynamics, inverse and bi-directional cascades in fluid and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, with an emphasis on the latter. The energy of a turbulent system, an invariant in the non-dissipative case, is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-03-13 A. Pouquet , D. Rosenberg , J. E. Stawarz , R. Marino

In wall-bounded parallel flows, sustained turbulence can occur even while laminar flow is still stable. Channel flow is one of such flows and displays spatio-temporal fluctuating patterns of localized turbulence along its way from/to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-12-03 Masaki Shimizu , Paul Manneville

The forms of electron density structures in kinetic Alfven wave turbulence are studied in connection with scintillation. The focus is on small scales $L \sim 10^8-10^{10}$ cm where the Kinetic Alfv\'en wave (KAW) regime is active in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Kurt W. Smith , Paul W. Terry

One of the most important predictions in magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is that in the presence of a uniform magnetic field $\textbf{b}_{0}$ a transition from weak to strong wave turbulence should occur when going from large to small…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-03-23 Romain Meyrand , Sebastien Galtier , Khurom H. Kiyani

This paper summarises some of the recent progress that has been made in understanding astrophysical plasma turbulence in the solar wind, from in situ spacecraft observations. At large scales, where the turbulence is predominantly Alfvenic,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-01-19 C. H. K. Chen

Fluid turbulence is characterized by strong coupling across a broad range of scales. Furthermore, besides the usual local cascades, such coupling may extend to interactions that are non-local in scale-space. As such the computational…

We consider the evolution of a family of 2D dispersive turbulence models. The members of this family involve the nonlinear advection of a dynamically active scalar field, the locality of the streamfunction-scalar relation is denoted by…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-02-20 Jai Sukhatme , Leslie M. Smith

Supersonic turbulent flows of magnetized gas are believed to play an important role in the dynamics of star-forming clouds in galaxies. Understanding statistical properties of such flows is crucial for developing a theory of star formation.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Paolo Padoan , Raul Jimenez , Aake Nordlund , Stanislav Boldyrev

The Alfven wave is analyzed in case of one quasineutral plasma propagating with some constant speed $v_0$ through another static quasineutral plasma. A dispersion equation is derived describing the Alfven wave coupled with the flow driven…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-10-20 J. Vranjes
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