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Estimation of the energy cascade rate in the inertial range of solar wind turbulence has been done so far mostly within the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) theory. Here, we go beyond that approximation to include plasma…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-29 L. Z. Hadid , F. Sahraoui , S. Galtier

The molecular component of the Galaxy is comprised of turbulent, magnetized clouds, many of which are self-gravitating and form stars. To understand how these clouds' evolution may depend on their level of turbulence, mean magnetization,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Eve C. Ostriker , Charles F. Gammie , James M. Stone

We present results of 2D and 3D PIC simulations of magnetic turbulence production by isotropic cosmic-ray ions drifting upstream of SNR shocks. The studies aim at testing recent predictions of a strong amplification of short wavelength…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jacek Niemiec , Martin Pohl , Thomas Stroman , and Ken-Ichi Nishikawa

Surface waves process the turbulent disturbances which drive dynamics in many space, astrophysical and laboratory plasma systems, with the outer boundary of Earth's magnetosphere, the magnetopause, providing an accessible environment to…

Space Physics · Physics 2021-10-07 M. O. Archer , M. D. Hartinger , F. Plaschke , D. J. Southwood , L. Rastaetter

The effects of turbulence on the mixing of gases and dust in the outer Solar nebula are examined using 3-D MHD calculations in the shearing-box approximation with vertical stratification. The turbulence is driven by the magneto-rotational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. J. Turner , K. Willacy , G. Bryden , H. W. Yorke

Using direct numerical simulations of three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence the spatio-temporal behavior of magnetic field fluctuations is analyzed. Cases with relatively small, medium and large values of a mean background…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-12-21 R. Lugones , P. Dmitruk , P. D. Mininni , M. Wan , W. H. Matthaeus

We study how the structure and variability of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in accretion discs converge with domain size. Our results are based on a series of vertically stratified local simulations, computed using the Athena code,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Jacob B. Simon , Kris Beckwith , Philip J. Armitage

When magnetic energy density is much larger than that of matter, as in pulsar/black hole magnetospheres, the medium becomes force-free and we need relativity to describe it. As in non-relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), Alfv\'enic MHD…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Jungyeon Cho , A. Lazarian

Magnetic reconnection is best known from observations of the Sun where it causes solar flares. Observations estimate the reconnection rate a small, but non-negligible fraction of the Alfv\'en speed, so-called fast reconnection. Until…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-15 Andrey Beresnyak

The decay of magnetically dominated turbulence exhibits robust inverse transfer of magnetic energy even in the absence of net magnetic helicity, challenging traditional cascade-based phenomenology. While recent studies suggest that magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-27 Chandranathan Anandavijayan , Pallavi Bhat

In this review article we will describe recent developments in statistical theory of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. Kraichnan and Iroshnikov first proposed a phenomenology of MHD turbulence where Alfven time-scale dominates the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 Mahendra K. Verma

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

Collisionless space plasma turbulence can generate reconnecting thin current sheets as suggested by recent results of numerical magnetohydrodynamic simulations. The MMS mission provides the first serious opportunity to check if small…

Many astrophysical fluids are magnetized and turbulent. Such fluids can be often described by magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). In this review, we mainly consider MHD turbulence with a strong mean magnetic field whose energy density is greater…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-25 Jungyeon Cho

Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence is a ubiquitous phenomenon in solar physics, plasma physics and astrophysics and governs many properties of the flows of well-conductive fluids. Recently, conflicting spectral slopes for the inertial range of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Andrey Beresnyak

The growth and saturation of magnetic field in conducting turbulent media with large magnetic Prandtl numbers are investigated. This regime is very common in low-density hot astrophysical plasmas. During the early (kinematic) stage, weak…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. A. Schekochihin , S. C. Cowley , G. W. Hammett , J. L. Maron , J. C. McWilliams

Turbulence is believed to play important roles in the origin of cosmic magnetism. While it is well known that turbulence can efficiently amplify a uniform or spatially homogeneous seed magnetic field, it is not clear whether or not we can…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Jungyeon Cho

We use previously published high-resolution synchrotron polarization data to perform an angular dispersion analysis with the aim of charactering magnetized turbulence in M51. We first analyze three distinct regions (the center of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Martin Houde , Andrew Fletcher , Rainer Beck , Roger H. Hildebrand , John E. Vaillancourt , Jeroen M. Stil

In our previous studies we have examined solar wind and magnetospheric plasmas turbulence, including Markovian character on large inertial magneto-hydrodynamic scales. Here we present the results of statistical analysis of magnetic field…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-02-15 Wieslaw M. Macek , Dariusz Wojcik , James L. Burch

Shell models of hydrodynamic turbulence originated in the seventies. Their main aim was to describe the statistics of homogeneous and isotropic turbulence in spectral space, using a simple set of ordinary differential equations. In the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-04-03 Franck Plunian , Rodion Stepanov , Peter Frick