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Observations in polarized emission reveal the existence of large-scale coherent magnetic fields in a wide range of spiral galaxies. Radio-polarization data show that these fields are strongly inclined towards the radial direction, with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Oliver Gressel , Udo Ziegler , Detlef Elstner , Günther Rüdiger

Morphological evolution of expanding shells of fast-mode magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves through an inhomogeneous ISM is investigated in order to qualitatively understand the complicated morphology of shell-type supernova remnants (SNR).…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-08-02 Yoshiaki Sofue

Shock fronts in young supernova remnants are the best candidates for being sites of cosmic ray acceleration up to a few PeV, though conclusive experimental evidence is still lacking. Hadron acceleration is expected to increase the shock…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 M. Miceli , F. Bocchino , A. Decourchelle , G. Maurin , J. Vink , S. Orlando , F. Reale , S. Broersen

Type IIP supernova progenitors are often surrounded by dense circumstellar media that may result from mass-loss enhancement of the progenitors shortly before their explosions. Previous light-curve studies suggest that the mass-loss rates…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-21 Takashi J. Moriya , Sung-Chul Yoon , Götz Gräfener , Sergei I. Blinnikov

Primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) may significantly influence 21-cm physics via two mechanisms: (i) magnetic heating of the intergalactic medium (IGM) through ambipolar diffusion (AD) and decaying magnetohydrodynamic turbulence (DT), (ii)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-27 Arko Bhaumik , Debarun Paul , Supratik Pal

Effects of non-uniform initial mass density and temperature on the plasmoid instability are studied via 2.5-dimensional resistive magnetohydrodynamic(MHD) simulations. Our results indicate that the development of the plasmoid instability is…

Space Physics · Physics 2013-07-09 Lei Ni , Jun Lin , Nicholas A. Murphy

Supersonic turbulence in the interstellar medium (ISM) is believed to decay rapidly within a flow crossing time irrespective of the degree of magnetization. However, this general consensus of decaying magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-12-10 Chang-Goo Kim , Shantanu Basu

Using three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics simulations, we investigate general properties of a blast wave shock interacting with interstellar clouds. The shock-cloud interaction generates a turbulent shell through the vorticity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Tsuyoshi Inoue , Ryo Yamazaki , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka , Yasuo Fukui

Magnetic field amplification by a fast dynamo is seen in local box simulations of SN-driven ISM turbulence, where the self-consistent emergence of large-scale fields agrees very well with its mean-field description. We accordingly derive…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-25 Detlef Elstner , Oliver Gressel

Shocks waves are a ubiquitous feature of many astrophysical plasma systems, and an important process for energy dissipation and transfer. The physics of these shock waves are frequently treated/modeled as a collisional, fluid MHD…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-11-17 Colby C. Haggerty , Antoine Bret , Damiano Caprioli

We investigate properties of plasma turbulence from magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) to sub-ion scales by means of two-dimensional, high-resolution hybrid particle-in-cell simulations. We impose an initial ambient magnetic field, perpendicular to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-14 Luca Franci , Simone Landi , Lorenzo Matteini , Andrea Verdini , Petr Hellinger

Supernovae are the dominant energy source for driving turbulence within the interstellar plasma. Until recently, their effects on magnetic field amplification in disk galaxies remained a matter of speculation. By means of self-consistent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Oliver Gressel , Udo Ziegler , Detlef Elstner , Günther Rüdiger

Magnetic fields spontaneously grow at unstable interfaces around hot-spot asymmetries during inertial confinement fusion implosions. Although difficult to measure, theoretical considerations and numerical simulations predict field strengths…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-07-20 James D. Sadler , Christopher A. Walsh , Ye Zhou , Hui Li

We studied roles of a turbulent resistivity in the core-collapse of a strongly magnetized massive star, carrying out 2D-resistive-MHD simulations. The three cases with different initial strengths of magnetic field and rotation are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Hidetomo Sawai , Shoichi Yamada , Kei Kotake , Hideyuki Suzuki

Simulations are presented of the photoionisation of three dense gas clouds threaded by magnetic fields, showing the dynamical effects of different initial magnetic field orientations and strengths. For moderate magnetic field strengths the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-01-08 Jonathan Mackey , Andrew J. Lim

It is shown that a number of key observations of the Galactic ISM can be understood, if it is treated as a highly compressible and turbulent medium energized predominantly by supernova explosions (and stellar winds). We have performed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Dieter Breitschwerdt , Miguel A. de Avillez

We present the results of 2D simulations of the magnetorotational model of a supernova explosion. After the core collapse the core consists of rapidly a rotating proto-neutron star and a differentially rotating envelope. The toroidal part…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 N. V. Ardeljan , G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan , S. G. Moiseenko

Dust in the interstellar medium (ISM) is critical to the absorption and intensity of emission profiles used widely in astronomical observations, and necessary for star and planet formation. Supernovae (SNe) both produce and destroy ISM…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-01 Florian Kirchschlager , Lars Mattsson , Frederick A. Gent

As a key process that refreshes the interstellar medium, the dynamics and radiative properties of the supernova remnant (SNR) expansion front not only reflect the physical environment of the old interstellar medium (ISM) surrounding the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-19 Horace Zhang , Yang Gao , Chung K. Law

We present here the first 2D rotating, multi-group, radiation magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD) simulations of supernova core collapse, bounce, and explosion. In the context of rapid rotation, we focus on the dynamical effects of magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Adam Burrows , Luc Dessart , Eli Livne , Christian D. Ott , Jeremiah Murphy