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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

In this letter we propose a practical methodology to interpret future Parker Solar Probe (PSP) turbulent time signals even when Taylor's hypothesis is not valid. By extending Kraichnan's sweeping model used in hydrodynamics we derive the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-10 Sofiane Bourouaine , Jean C Perez

Previous studies have established that a weak-to-strong transition occurs in Alfvenic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence as energy cascades from large to small scales. However, the spatiotemporal (frequency-wavenumber) properties of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-03-10 Siqi Zhao , Huirong Yan , Terry Z. Liu , Chuanpeng Hou , Ka Ho Yuen

In this work a weak-turbulence closure is used to determine the structure of the two-time power spectrum of weak magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence from the nonlinear equations describing the dynamics. The two-time energy spectrum is a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-05-01 Jean C. Perez , Augustus A. Azelis , Sofiane Bourouaine

Spatiotemporal correlation of magnetic field fluctuations is investigated using the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission in the terrestrial magnetosheath. The first observation of the turbulence propagator in space emerges through analysis of…

We analyze 3D numerical simulations of driven incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in a periodic box threaded by a moderately strong external magnetic field. We sum over nonlinear interactions within Fourier wavebands and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-10 Jungyeon Cho , Alex Lazarian , Ethan Vishniac

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is invoked to address turbulent fluctuations in a variety of astrophysical systems. MHD turbulence in nature is often anisotropic and imbalanced, in that Alfvenic fluctuations moving in opposite directions along…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-02-18 Jean C Perez , Stanislav Boldyrev

We present numerical simulations and explore scalings and anisotropy of compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. Our study covers both gas pressure dominated (high beta) and magnetically dominated (low beta) plasmas at different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 Jungyeon Cho , A. Lazarian

We develop a phenomenological model of strong imbalanced magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence that accounts for intermittency and the reflection of Alfven waves by spatial variations in the Alfven speed. Our model predicts the slopes of the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-02-10 B. D. G. Chandran , N. Sioulas , S. Bale , T. Bowen , V. David , R. Meyrand , E. Yerger

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) provides the simplest description of magnetic plasma turbulence in a variety of astrophysical and laboratory systems. MHD turbulence with nonzero cross helicity is often called imbalanced, as it implies that the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Jean Carlos Perez , Stanislav Boldyrev

Plasma turbulence is a ubiquitous dynamical process that transfers energy across many spatial and temporal scales in astrophysical and space plasma systems. Although the theory of anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence has…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-15 Siqi Zhao , Huirong Yan , Terry Z. Liu , Ka Ho Yuen , Huizi Wang

Turbulence is the most common state of astrophysical flows. In typical astrophysical fluids, turbulence is accompanied by strong magnetic fields, which has a large impact on the dynamics of the turbulent cascade. Recently, there has been a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-10 Jungyeon Cho , A. Lazarian , Ethan Vishniac

We present an exact analytic solution for decaying incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. Our solution reveals a dual formulation in terms of two interacting Euler ensembles--one for hydrodynamic and another for magnetic…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-05-15 Alexander Migdal

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is a ubiquitous dynamical state of astrophysical plasmas and a primary agent in the redistribution, dissipation, and conversion of energy into particle populations. Yet turbulence is still most often…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-21 Loukas Vlahos

Numerical simulations of dispersive turbulence in magnetized plasmas based on the Hall-MHD description are presented, assuming spatial variations along a unique direction making a prescribed angle with the ambient magnetic field. Main…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 D. Laveder , L. Marradi , T. Passot , P. L. Sulem

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

I present a review of incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in a strongly magnetised plasma. The approach is phenomenological even where a more rigorous theory is available, so that a reader armed with paper, pencil and some…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 S. Sridhar

The nature of MHD turbulence is analyzed through both temporal and spatial magnetic fluctuation spectra. A magnetically turbulent plasma is produced in the MHD wind-tunnel configuration of the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment (SSX). The…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-07-15 D. A. Schaffner , M. R. Brown , V. S. Lukin

Magnetised plasma turbulence pervades the universe and is likely to play an important role in a variety of astrophysical settings. Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) provides the simplest theoretical framework in which phenomenological models for…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-07-23 Joanne Mason , Jean C. Perez , Stanislav Boldyrev , Fausto Cattaneo

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the majority of natural systems, including the interstellar medium, the solar corona, and the solar wind, has Reynolds numbers far exceeding the Reynolds numbers achievable in numerical experiments.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 J. C. Perez , J. Mason , S. Boldyrev , F. Cattaneo
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