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We present results of large-scale three-dimensional simulations of supersonic Euler turbulence with the piecewise parabolic method and multiple grid resolutions up to 2048^3 points. Our numerical experiments describe non-magnetized driven…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Alexei G. Kritsuk , Michael L. Norman , Paolo Padoan , Rick Wagner

We utilize the multi-wavelength data of M33 to study the origin of turbulence in its interstellar medium. We find that the HI turbulent energy surface density inside 8 kpc is $\sim1-3~\times~10^{46}$ erg pc$^{-2}$, and has no strong…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-23 Dyas Utomo , Leo Blitz , Edith Falgarone

The modeling of surface pressure wave number spectra beneath a turbulent boundary layer is reviewed and reconsidered in terms of the vorticity in the flow. Using a solution based on the vorticity equation and Squires theorem, which was…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-08-11 Stewart Glegg , Siddhartha Verma , Lyubov Denissova

We report experimental and numerical results on the buildup of the energy spectrum in wave turbulence of a vibrating thin elastic plate. Three steps are observed: first a short linear stage, then the turbulent spectrum is constructed by the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-05-16 Maria Ines Auliel , Benjamin Miquel , Nicolas Mordant

Turbulence is a crucial component of dynamics of astrophysical fluids dynamics, including those of ISM, clusters of galaxies and circumstellar regions. Doppler shifted spectral lines provide a unique source of information on turbulent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 A. Lazarian

Data from the Palomar Testbed Interferometer, with a baseline length of 110 m and an observing wavelength of $2.2 \mu{\rm m}$, were used to derive information on atmospheric turbulence on 64 nights in 1999. The measured two-aperture…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 R. P. Linfield , M. M. Colavita , B. F. Lane

The classical statistics of turbulence are shown to be not specific to turbulence and can be derived from a solution for recurring unsteady state viscous flow. Care must be exercised in using them to make deductions about turbulence…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-01-14 Trinh Khanh Tuoc

Turbulent small-scale structures in the envelopes and winds of massive stars have long been suggested as the cause for excessive line broadening that could not be explained by other mechanisms such as thermal broadening. However, the origin…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-24 C. Van der Sijpt , J. O. Sundqvist , D. Debnath , F. A. Driessen , N. Moens

We point out that dark-energy perturbations may become unstable in the presence of a gravitational wave of sufficiently large amplitude. We study this effect for the cubic Horndeski operator (braiding), proportional to $\alpha_{\rm B}$. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-05-05 Paolo Creminelli , Giovanni Tambalo , Filippo Vernizzi , Vicharit Yingcharoenrat

V CVn is a semiregular variable star with a V-band amplitude of $\approx2$ mag. This star has an unusually high amplitude of polarimetric variability: up to 6 per cent. It also exhibits a prominent inverse correlation between the flux and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-09 Boris Safonov , Sergei Lamzin , Alexandr Dodin , Alexey Rastorguev

The nature of turbulence at sub-electron scales has remained an open question, central to understanding how electrons are heated in the solar wind. This is primarily because spacecraft measurements have been limited to magnetic field…

Space Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Shiladittya Mondal , Christopher H. K. Chen , Davide Manzini

We consider the stability properties of the ocean of accreting magnetic neutron stars. It turns out that the ocean is always unstable due to the combined influence of the temperature and chemical composition gradients along the surface and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 V. Urpin

Using high-resolution direct numerical simulation and arguments based on the kinetic energy flux $\Pi_u$, we demonstrate that for stably stratified flows, the kinetic energy spectrum $E_u(k) \sim k^{-11/5}$, the entropy spectrum…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-22 Abhishek Kumar , Anando G. Chatterjee , Mahendra K. Verma

We test a method of estimating the power spectrum of turbulence in molecular clouds based on the comparison of power spectra of integrated intensity maps and single-velocity-channel maps, suggested by Lazarian and Pogosyan. We use synthetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Paolo Padoan , Mika Juvela , Alexei Kritsuk , Michael L. Norman

High-precision photometric observations have revealed ubiquitous stochastic low-frequency photometric variability in early type stars. It has been suggested that this variability arises due to either subsurface convection or internal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-02 Matteo Cantiello , Daniel Lecoanet , Adam S. Jermyn , Luca Grassitelli

La plupart des etoiles variables qui pulsent avec grande amplitude, telles les cepheides, ont un comportement tres regulier et periodique. Mais juste a cote d'elles dans le diagramme Hertzsprung-Russell, se trouve un groupe d'etoiles…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Robert Buchler , Zoltan Kollath

Supersonic turbulence fragments the interstellar medium into dense sheets, filaments, cores and large low density voids. The turbulence is driven on large scales, probably predominantly by supernovae. The scaling properties of supersonic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Aake Nordlund , Paolo Padoan

Highly supersonic, compressible turbulence is thought to be of tantamount importance for star formation processes in the interstellar medium. Likewise, cosmic structure formation is expected to give rise to subsonic turbulence in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Andreas Bauer , Volker Springel

Feedback from protostellar outflows can influence the nature of turbulence in star forming regions even if they are not the primary source of velocity dispersion for all scales of molecular clouds. For the rate and power expected in star…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Jonathan J. Carroll , Adam Frank , Eric G Blackman

The spectrum of turbulence in superfluid liquid is modified by the nonlinear energy dissipation caused by the mutual friction between quantized vortices and the normal component of the liquid. In some region of two Reynolds parameters…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 Victor S. L'vov , Sergey V. Nazarenko , Grigory E. Volovik