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We perform the first magnetohydrodynamic simulations in full general relativity of self-consistent rotating neutron stars (NSs) with ultrastrong mixed poloidal and toroidal magnetic fields. The initial uniformly rotating NS models are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-02-23 Antonios Tsokaros , Milton Ruiz , Stuart L. Shapiro , Kōji Uryū

A new theory for the dynamics of the magnetic particles and their magnetic moments in ferrofluids is developed. Based on a generalized Lagrangian formulation for the equations of motion of the colloidal particle, we introduce its…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Claudio Scherer , Hans-Georg Matuttis

The decay of magnetically dominated turbulence exhibits robust inverse transfer of magnetic energy even in the absence of net magnetic helicity, challenging traditional cascade-based phenomenology. While recent studies suggest that magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-27 Chandranathan Anandavijayan , Pallavi Bhat

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the solar wind is observed to show the spectral behavior of classical Kolmogorov fluid turbulence over an inertial subrange and departures from this at short wavelengths, where energy should be…

Space Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. D. Bale , P. J. Kellogg , F. S. Mozer , T. S. Horbury , H. Reme

We investigate hydromagnetic turbulence of primordial magnetic fields using magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in an expanding universe. We present the basic, covariant MHD equations, find solutions for MHD waves in the early universe, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Axel Brandenburg , Kari Enqvist , Poul Olesen

Faraday rotation of linearly polarized radio signals provides a very sensitive probe of fluctuations in the interstellar magnetic field and ionized gas density resulting from magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. We used a set of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 Blakesley Burkhart , A. Lazarian , B. M. Gaensler

It is believed that turbulence may have a significant impact on star formation and the dynamics and evolution of the molecular clouds in which this occurs. It is also known that non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic effects influence the nature of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 T. P. Downes

Hydrodynamic stability has been a longstanding issue for the cloud model of the broad line region in active galactic nuclei. We argue that the clouds may be gravitationally bound to the supermassive black hole. If true, stabilisation by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 Martin Krause , Marc Schartmann , Andreas Burkert

Filaments are special plasma phenomena embedded in the solar atmosphere, characterized by unique thermodynamic properties and magnetic structures. Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations are useful to investigate the eruption mechanisms of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-22 Yihua Li , Yang Guo , Jinhan Guo , M. D. Ding , Chun Xia , Rony Keppens

We analyse the effects of the propagating Alfv\'en waves, arising due to non-zero mean magnetic fields, on the nonequilibrium steady states of three-dimensional (3d) homogeneous Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. In particular, the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Abhik Basu , Jayanta K Bhattacharjee

The irregular polarity reversals of the Earth's magnetic field have attracted much interest during the last decades. Despite the fact that recent numerical simulations of the geodynamo have shown nice polarity transitions, the very reason…

Geophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Stefani , G. Gerbeth , U. Guenther

We use ensemble machine learning algorithms to study the evolution of magnetic fields in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence that is helically forced. We perform direct numerical simulations of helically forced turbulence using mean field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-11 Farrukh Nauman , Joonas Nättilä

We present a model of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the extended solar corona that contains the effects of collisionless dissipation and anisotropic particle heating. Measurements made by UVCS/SOHO have revived interest in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. R. Cranmer , A. A. van Ballegooijen

The propagation and non-linear interactions of magnetohydrodynamic waves are considered in the force-free limit, where the inertia of the conducting matter which enforces the MHD condition E.B = 0 can be neglected in comparison with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Parker Troischt , Christopher Thompson

It has been shown in a previous work that torsional Alfv\'en waves can drive turbulence in nonuniform coronal loops with a purely axial magnetic field. Here we explore the role of the magnetic twist. We model a coronal loop as a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Sergio Díaz-Suárez , Roberto Soler

The formation of shocks within the solar atmosphere remains one of the few observable signatures of energy dissipation arising from the plethora of magnetohydrodynamic waves generated close to the solar surface. Active region observations…

The origins of the various outbursts of hard X-rays from magnetars (highly magnetized neutron stars) are still unknown. We identify instabilities in relativistic magnetospheres that can explain a range of X-ray flare luminosities. Crustal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-27 J. F. Mahlmann , A. A. Philippov , V. Mewes , B. Ripperda , E. R. Most , L. Sironi

(Abridged) We develop an analytical spectral method to solve the equations of equilibrium for a self-gravitating, magnetized fluid body, under the only hypotheses that (a) the equation of state is isothermal, (b) the configuration is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Daniele Galli

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) provides the simplest description of magnetic plasma turbulence in a variety of astrophysical and laboratory systems. MHD turbulence with nonzero cross helicity is often called imbalanced, as it implies that the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Jean Carlos Perez , Stanislav Boldyrev

Observations of spiral galaxies show a strong linear correlation between the ratio of molecular to atomic hydrogen surface density R_mol and midplane pressure. To explain this, we simulate three-dimensional, magnetized turbulence, including…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Mordecai-Mark Mac Low , Simon C. O. Glover