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We describe the presence of wavefront dislocations in magnetohydrodynamic waves in stratified stellar atmospheres. Scalar dislocations such as edges and vortices can appear in Alfv\'en waves, as well as in general magneto-acoustic waves. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 A. López Ariste , M. Collados , E. Khomenko

Analytical expressions for the dispersion relations and polarizations of low-frequency waves in magnetized plasmas based on two-fluid model are obtained. The properties of waves propagating at different angles (to the ambient magnetic field…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-29 Jinsong Zhao

Magnetic buoyancy instability plays an important role in the evolution of astrophysical magnetic fields. Here we revisit the problem introduced by \citet{Gilman_1970} of the short wavelength linear stability of a plane layer of compressible…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 K. A. Mizerski , C. R. Davies , D. W. Hughes

Characterizing electromagnetic wave propagation in nonlinear and inhomogeneous media is of great interest from both theoretical and practical perspectives, even though it is extremely complicated. In fact, it is still an unresolved issue to…

Classical Physics · Physics 2017-04-28 Liang Hu , Xiao Zhang , Dazhi Zhao , MaoKang Luo

We perform nonlinear general relativistic ideal magnetohydrodynamic simulations of poloidal magnetic fields in rotating polytropic neutron stars. We have three primary goals: i) to understand the nature of magnetohydrodynamic instabilities…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-19 Paul D. Lasky , Burkhard Zink , Kostas D. Kokkotas

In this work, a systematic study, examining the propagation of periodic and solitary wave along the magnetic field in a cold collision-free plasma, is presented. Employing the quasi-neutral approximation and the conservation of momentum…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-10-28 G. Abbas , P. G. Kevrekidis , J. E. Allen , V. Koukouloyannis , D. J. Frantzeskakis , N. Karachalios

Single fluid magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations have been studied through direct numerical simulations (DNS) using pseudo-spectral methods in two as well as three spatial dimensions. At Alfv\'en resonance, a reversible periodic exchange of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-06-24 Rupak Mukherjee , Rajaraman Ganesh , Abhijit Sen

Analytical solutions for reconnective annihilation in curvilinear geometry are presented. These solutions are characterized by current density distributions varying both along the radial and azimuthal coordinates. They represent an…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Tassi , V. S. Titov , G. Hornig

The dispersion relation of surface waves of a magnetic fluid in a magnetic field is studied experimentally. We verify the theoretically predicted existence of a non-monotonic dispersion relation. In particular, we demonstrate the existence…

patt-sol · Physics 2009-10-30 Thomas Mahr , Ingo Rehberg , Alexander Groisman

Inhomogeneous plasmas filaments instabilities are investigated by using the techniques of classical differential geometry of curves where Frenet torsion and curvature describe completely the motion of curves. In our case the Frenet frame…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Garcia de Andrade

The nature of MHD waves within inhomogeneous media is fundamental to understanding and interpreting wave behavior in the solar atmosphere. We investigate fast magnetoacoustic wave behavior within gravitationally stratified, magnetically…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-06 Ryan T. Smith , James A. McLaughlin , Gert J. J. Botha

Geostrophic jets propagating as Alfv\'en waves are shown to arise ina rapidly rotating spherical shell permeated by a magnetic field among the transient motions set up by an impulsive rotation of the inner core. These axially invariant…

Geophysics · Physics 2008-09-22 Dominique Jault

We study invariant solutions of a certain class of time-fractional diffusion-wave equations with variable coefficients via Lie symmetry analysis. In physics, the fractional diffusion equation describes transport dynamics that are governed…

The stability of nonaxisymmetric perturbations in differentially rotating astrophysical accretion disks is analyzed by fully incorporating the properties of shear flows. We verify the presence of discrete unstable eigenmodes with complex…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 K. Noguchi , T. Tajima , R. Matsumoto

Nonlinear diffusion equations of spectral transfer are systematically derived for anisotropic magnetohydrodynamics in the regime of wave turbulence. The background of the analysis is the asymptotic Alfv\'en wave turbulence equations from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Sebastien Galtier , Eric Buchlin

We study polar Alfv\'en oscillations of relativistic stars endowed with a strong global poloidal dipole magnetic field. Here we focus only on the axisymmetric oscillations which are studied by evolving numerically the two-dimensional…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-11-13 H. Sotani , K. D. Kokkotas

Aims: Propagation and energy transfer of torsional Alfv\'en waves in solar magnetic flux tubes of axial symmetry is studied. Methods: An analytical model of a solar magnetic flux tube of axial symmetry is developed by specifying a magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 K. Murawski , A. Solov'ev , Z. E. Musielak , A. K. Srivastava , J. Kraskiewicz

Axisymmetric incompressible modes of the magneto-rotational instability (MRI) with a vertical wavenumber are exact solutions of the non-linear local equations of motion for a disk (shearing box). They are referred to as "channel solutions".…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Lesaffre , S. A. Balbus

The analytical solution is given for a vibrating rigid core sphere, oscillating up and down without volume change, situated at the center of an elastic material spherical shell, which in turn is situated inside an infinite (possible…

Geophysics · Physics 2022-02-18 Evert Klaseboer , Qiang Sun

The Alfvenic waves and fast magneto-sound in the relativistically hot plasmas are considered. This study is based on the novel hydrodynamic model of plasmas with the relativistic temperatures consisted of four equations for the material…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-08-31 Pavel A. Andreev