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We analyze the spectral properties of driven, supersonic compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence obtained via high-resolution numerical experiments, for application to understanding the dynamics of giant molecular clouds. Via…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jason G. Vestuto , Eve C. Ostriker , James M. Stone

We employ hydrodynamics and gauge/gravity to study magneto-transport in phases of matter where translations are broken (pseudo-)spontaneously. First we provide a hydrodynamic description of systems where translations are broken…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-21 Andrea Amoretti , Daniel Arean , Daniel K. Brattan , Luca Martinoia

We investigate the transition of the solar wind turbulent cascade from MHD to sub-ion range by means of a detail comparison between in situ observations and hybrid numerical simulations. In particular we focus on the properties of the…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-09-01 L. Matteini , L. Franci , O. Alexandrova , C. Lacombe , S. Landi , P. Hellinger , E. Papini , A. Verdini

The effect of an external guide field on the turbulence-like properties of magnetic reconnection is studied using five different 2.5D kinetic particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. The magnetic energy spectrum is found to exhibit a slope of…

Insights on stellar surface large-scale magnetic field topologies are usually drawn by applying Zeeman-Doppler-Imaging (ZDI) to the observed spectropolarimetric time series. However, ZDI requires experience for reliable results to be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-02 L. T. Lehmann , J. -F. Donati

The dynamics of the interstellar medium (ISM) are strongly affected by turbulence, which shows increased anisotropy in the presence of a magnetic field. We expand upon the Esquivel & Lazarian method to estimate the Alfven Mach number using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Blakesley Burkhart , A. Lazarian , I. C. Leao , J. R. de Medeiros , A. Esquivel

In this paper, we study the development of anisotropy in strong MHD turbulence in the presence of a large scale magnetic field B 0 by analyzing the results of direct numerical simulations. Our results show that the developed anisotropy…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-06-14 Sita Sundar , Mahendra K. Verma , Alexandros Alexakis , Anando G. Chatterjee

A time-distance measurement technique is derived to isolate phase travel time anisotropy caused by subsurface horizontal magnetic fields, and a method which uses the measured anisotropy to estimate the field's orientation is also derived. A…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-11 John T. Stefan , Alexander G. Kosovichev

The scaling anisotropy is crucial to interpret the nonlinear interactions in solar wind turbulence. Previous observations provide diverse results and the structure function analyses are also reported to be an approach to investigate the…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-11-23 Honghong Wu , Chuanyi Tu , Xin Wang , Jiansen He , Liping Yang , Linghua Wang

It is well-known that magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is ubiquitous in astrophysical environments. The correct understanding of the fundamental properties of MHD turbulence is a prerequisite for revealing many key astrophysical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-18 Jianfu Zhang , Ruyue Wang

The recent development of the Velocity Gradient Technique allows observers to map magnetic field orientations and magnetization using the direction of velocity gradients. Aside from the directions, amplitudes of velocity gradients also…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-15 Ka Ho Yuen , A. Lazarian

Synchrotron observation serves as a tool for studying magnetic fields in the interstellar medium and intracluster medium, yet its ability to unveil three-dimensional (3D) magnetic fields, meaning probing the field'splane-of-the-sky (POS)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-10 Yue Hu , Alex Lazarian

Super-Alfv\'enic turbulence is widespread in astrophysical environments, including molecular clouds and the diffuse plasma of galaxy clusters. At large scales, magnetic fields play only a minor dynamical role; however, for sufficiently…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-24 A. Lazarian , Yue Hu , D. Pogosyan

An experimental demonstration of a parametric oscillation of a magnetization in a ferromagnet was performed recently by applying a microwave voltage, indicating the potential to be applied in a switching method in non-volatile memories. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-06 Tomohiro Taniguchi

We study the properties of sub-Alfvenic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, i.e., turbulence with Alfven Mach number $M_A=V_L/V_A<1$, where $V_L$ is the velocity at the injection scale and $V_A$ is the Alfven velocity. We demonstrate that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-28 Alex Lazarian , Ka Wai HO , Ka Ho Yuen , Ethan Vishniac

We employ synthetic observations obtained with MHD simulations to study how to trace the distribution of turbulent magnetic fields using the synchrotron polarization gradient techniques suggested by Lazarian \& Yuen (2018). Both synchrotron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-15 Jian-Fu Zhang , Alex Lazarian , Ka Wai Ho , Ka Ho Yuen , Bo Yang , Yue Hu

We test a new technique of studying magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence suggested by Lazarian \& Pogosyan, using synthetic synchrotron polarization observations. This paper focuses on a one-point statistics, which is termed the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-20 Jian-Fu Zhang , Alex Lazarian , Hyeseung Lee , Jungyeon Cho

Investigation of propagation, conversion, and scattering of MHD waves in the Sun is very important for understanding the mechanisms of observed oscillations and waves in sunspots and active regions. We have developed 3D linear MHD numerical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 K. V. Parchevsky , A. G. Kosovichev

This article presents a multiscale, non-linear and directional statistical characterization of images based on the estimation of the skewness, flatness, entropy and distance from Gaussianity of the spatial increments. These increments are…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-10-11 Carlos Granero-Belinchon , Stéphane G. Roux , Nicolas B. Garnier

The article presents a study aimed at probing the dependence of the Chiral Magnetic Effect (CME) on the magnetic field strength using the Anomalous Viscous Fluid Dynamics (AVFD) model in Pb--Pb at LHC energies. The results demonstrate the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-02-13 Panos Christakoglou