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Turbulence is a complex physical process prevalent in modern physics, particularly in ionized environments like interstellar gas, where magnetic fields play a dynamic role. However, the precise influence of magnetic fields in such settings…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-12 Guang-Xing Li , Mengke Zhao

The topology and dynamics of the three-dimensional magnetic field in the solar atmosphere govern various solar eruptive phenomena and activities, such as flares, coronal mass ejections, and filaments/prominences. We have to observe and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-20 Yang Guo , Xin Cheng , M. D. Ding

Thermal convection in an electrically conducting fluid (for example, a liquid metal) in the presence of a static magnetic field is considered in this chapter. The focus is on the extreme states of the flow, in which both buoyancy and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-02-14 Oleg Zikanov , Yaroslav Listratov , Xuan Zhang , Valentin Sviridov

Magnetic fields are crucial in numerous astrophysical processes within the interstellar medium. However, the detailed determination of magnetic field geometry is notoriously challenging. Based on the modern magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-02 Sunil Malik , Ka Ho Yuen , Huirong Yan

Astrophysical fluids, including interstellar and interplanetary medium, are magnetized and turbulent. Their appearance, evolution, and overall properties are determined by the magnetic turbulence that stirs it. We argue that examining…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Lazarian , A. Beresnyak , H. Yan , M. Opher , Y. Liu

We study the intermittency and field-line structure of the MHD turbulence in plasmas with very large magnetic Prandtl numbers. In this regime, which is realized in the interstellar medium, some accretion disks, protogalaxies, galaxy-cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Schekochihin , J. Maron , S. Cowley , J. McWilliams

We investigate standing kink magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) oscillations in a prominence fine structure modeled as a straight and cylindrical magnetic tube only partially filled with the prominence material, and with its ends fixed at two rigid…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Roberto Soler , Inigo Arregui , Ramon Oliver , Jose Luis Ballester

Magnetization in highly conductive plasmas is ubiquitous to astronomical systems. Flows in such media can be described by three path functions $\Lambda_\alpha$, or, for a steady flow, by two stream functions $\lambda_\kappa$ and an…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-23 Yossi Naor , Uri Keshet

Magnetic helicity, and more broadly magnetic field line topology, impose constraints on the plasma dynamics. Helically interlocked magnetic rings are in a non-trivial topological state. It is harder to bring them into a topologically…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-12-09 Simon Candelaresi , Fabio Del Sordo

Magnetic fields of laboratory, planetary, stellar, and galactic plasmas commonly exhibit significant order on large temporal or spatial scales compared to the otherwise random motions within the hosting system. Such ordered fields can be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Eric G. Blackman

We use three dimensional radiation magneto-hydrodynamic simulations to study the effects of magnetic fields on the energy transport and structure of radiation pressure dominated main sequence massive star envelopes at the region of the iron…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-19 Yan-Fei Jiang , Matteo Cantiello , Lars Bildsten , Eliot Quataert , Omer Blaes

Strong magnetic fields are observed in a substantial fraction of upper main sequence stars and white dwarfs. Many such stars are observed to exhibit photometric modulations as the magnetic poles rotate in and out of view, which could be a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-22 Jim Fuller , Stephane Mathis

Using in situ data, accumulated in the turbulent magnetosheath by the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission, we report a statistical study of magnetic field curvature and discuss its role in the turbulent space plasmas. Consistent with…

The Mg II k resonance line is commonly used for diagnosing the solar chromosphere. We theoretically investigated its intensity and polarization in solar prominences, taking 3D radiative transfer and Hanle and Zeeman effects into account. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-25 Jiří Štěpán , Tanausú del Pino Alemán , Javier Trujillo Bueno

We report the discovery of isolated, small-scale emerging magnetic fields in a plage region with the Solar Optical Telescope aboard Hinode. Spectro-polarimetric observations were carried out with a cadence of 34 seconds for the plage region…

We present numerical magnetohydrostatic solutions describing the gravitationally stratified, bulk equilibrium of cool, dense prominence plasma embedded in a near-potential coronal field. These solutions are calculated using the FINESSE…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-19 G. J. D. Petrie , J. W. S. Blokland , R. Keppens

The eruption of solar filaments, also known as prominences appearing off-limb, is a common phenomenon in the solar atmosphere. It ejects massive plasma and high-energy particles into interplanetary space, disturbing the solar-terrestrial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-31 Ye Qiu , Chuan Li , Yang Guo , Zhen Li , Mingde Ding , Linggao Kong

Small amplitude oscillations are a commonly observed feature in prominences/filaments. These oscillations appear to be of local nature, are associated to the fine structure of prominence plasmas, and simultaneous flows and counterflows are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 I. Arregui , J. L. Ballester

There are currently no three dimensional numerical models which describe the magnetic and energetic formation of prominences self-consistently. Consequently, there has not been significant progress made in understanding the connection…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Donald Schmit , Sarah Gibson

We analyze the characteristics of a quiescent polar prominence using the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Initially, small-scale barb-like structures are evident on the solar disk, which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-09 Sudheer K. Mishra , Abhishek K. Srivastava , P. F. Chen