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We investigate the influence of a uniform magnetic field ${\bf B_0}=B_0 e//$ on energy decay laws in incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. The nonlinear transfer reduction along $B_0$ is included in a model that distinguishes…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 Barbara Bigot , Sebastien Galtier , Helene Politano

We analyze the decay laws of the kinetic and magnetic energies and the evolution of correlation lengths in freely decaying incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. Scale invariance of MHD equations assures that, in the case of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Leonardo Campanelli

When magnetohydrodynamic turbulence evolves in the presence of a large-scale mean magnetic field, an anisotropy develops relative to that preferred direction. The well-known tendency is to develop stronger gradients perpendicular to the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Rohit Chhiber , William H. Matthaeus , Sean Oughton , Tulasi N. Parashar

We report results of a three dimensional, high resolution (up to 512^3) numerical investigation of supersonic compressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. We consider both forced and decaying turbulence. The model parameters are appropriate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 James M. Stone , Eve C. Ostriker , Charles F. Gammie

In this work we numerically test a model of Hall magnetohydrodynamics in the presence of a strong mean magnetic field, the reduced Hall MHD model (RHMHD) derived by Gomez et al., with the addition of weak compressible effects. The main…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-02-28 L. N. Martin , P. Dmitruk , D. O. Gomez

Electron magnetohydrodynamic (EMHD) turbulence in two dimensions is studied via high-resolution numerical simulations with a normal diffusivity. The resulting energy spectra asymptotically approach a $k^{-5/2}$ law with increasing $R_B$,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-05-01 C. J. Wareing , R. Hollerbach

We investigate numerically the decay of isotropic, rotating, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD), and rotating MHD flows in a periodic box. The Reynolds number $Re$ defined with the box size and the initial velocity is $100$ at which the flows are in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-05-10 Xing Wei

In the presence of magnetic helicity, inverse transfer from small to large scales is well known in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence and has applications in astrophysics, cosmology, and fusion plasmas. Using high resolution direct…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-23 Axel Brandenburg , Tina Kahniashvili , Alexander G. Tevzadze

We derive two new forms of the K\'arm\'an-Howarth-Monin equation for decaying compressible Hall magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. We test them on results of a weakly-compressible, two-dimensional, moderate-Reynolds-number Hall MHD…

We re-examine the nature of the turbulent magnetic diffusivity tensor of mean field electrodynamics and show that an inconsistency arises if it is calculated via consideration of time-independent magnetic fields. Specifically, the predicted…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-14 David W. Hughes , Michael R. E. Proctor

It is generally believed that turbulence has a significant impact on the dynamics and evolution of molecular clouds and the star formation which occurs within them. Non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic effects are known to influence the nature of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-03-17 Turlough P. Downes , Stephen O'Sullivan

This paper resolves the global regularity problem for the three-dimensional compressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations in the three-dimensional whole space, in the presence of a background magnetic field. Motivated by geophysical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-13 Jincheng Gao , Xianpeng Hu , Lianyun Peng , Jiahong Wu

Decaying electron magnetohydrodynamic (EMHD) turbulence in three dimensions is studied via high-resolution numerical simulations. The resulting energy spectra asymptotically approach a k^{-2} law with increasing R_B, the ratio of the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 C. J. Wareing , R. Hollerbach

Many astrophysical bodies harbor magnetic fields that are thought to be sustained by a dynamo process. However, it has been argued that the production of large-scale magnetic fields by mean-field dynamo action is strongly suppressed at…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-01-22 Fabio Del Sordo , Gustavo Guerrero , Axel Brandenburg

Large-scale magnetic fields thread through the electrically conducting matter of the interplanetary and interstellar medium, stellar interiors, and other astrophysical plasmas, producing anisotropic flows with regions of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-07-13 J. Pratt , A. Busse , W. -C. Müller

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

Plasma turbulence is a ubiquitous dynamical process that transfers energy across many spatial and temporal scales and affects energetic particle transport. Recent advances in the understanding of compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-09 Siqi Zhao , Huirong Yan , Terry Z. Liu , Ka Ho Yuen , Mijie Shi

In this paper, we consider the asymptotic behavior of global solutions to 3D anisotropic incompressible MHD systems. For the 3D MHD system with horizontal dissipation and full magnetic diffusion, it is shown that $\uh(t)$ decays at the rate…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-15 Yang Li

Context. An essential facet of turbulence is the space-time intermittency of the cascade of energy that leads to coherent structures of high dissipation. Aims. In this work, we attempt to investigate systematically the physical nature of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-31 Thibaud Richard , Pierre Lesaffre , Edith Falgarone , Andrew Lehmann

The magnetic Reynolds number R_M, is defined as the product of a characteristic scale and associated flow speed divided by the microphysical magnetic diffusivity. For laminar flows, R_M also approximates the ratio of advective to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Eric G. Blackman , George B. Field