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We present three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the nonlinear evolution of the magnetorotational instability (MRI) with a non-zero Ohmic resistivity. The properties of the saturated state depend on the initial magnetic field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Timothy P. Fleming , James M. Stone , John F. Hawley

Aims: We study the changes in the properties of turbulence driven by the magnetorotational instability in a shearing box, as the computational domain size in the radial direction is varied relative to the height Methods: We perform 3D…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Bodo , A. Mignone , F. Cattaneo , P. Rossi , A. Ferrari

Hydrodynamical instabilities and shocks are ubiquitous in astrophysical scenarios. Therefore, an accurate numerical simulation of these phenomena is mandatory to correctly model and understand many astrophysical events, such as Supernovas,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-18 Ruben M. Cabezon , Domingo Garcia-Senz , Joana Figueira

We present the results obtained from linear stability analysis and 2.5-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the magnetorotational instability (MRI), including the effects of cosmic rays (CRs). We took into account of the CR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-17 Takuhito Kuwabara , Chung-Ming Ko

Using direct numerical simulations (DNSs), the interaction between linear waves and turbulence under the compressible magnetohydrodynamic (CMHD) approach was studied. A set of DNSs in three dimensions for a spatial resolution of $128^3$ and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-12-15 Maia Brodiano , Nahuel Andrés , Pablo Dmitruk

In this paper we investigate whether Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), equipped with artificial conductivity, is able to capture the physics of density/energy discontinuities in the case of the so-called shearing layers test, a test…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Sander Valcke , Sven De Rijcke , Elke Roediger , Herwig Dejonghe

We have carried out simulations of the nonlinear evolution of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability for compressible fluids in $2\frac{1}{2}$-dimensions, extending our previous work by Frank et al (1996) and Jones…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Hyunju Jeong , Dongsu Ryu , T. W. Jones , Adam Frank

We carry out a comprehensive analysis of the behavior of the magnetorotational instability (MRI) in viscous, resistive plasmas. We find exact, non-linear solutions of the non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations describing the local…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Martin E. Pessah , Chi-kwan Chan

Although the Shakura-Sunyaev $\alpha$ viscosity prescription has been highly successful in characterizing myriad astrophysical environments, it has proven to be partly inadequate in modelling turbulent stresses driven by the MRI. Hence, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-03 M. Lingam , A. Bhattacharjee

An algorithm for creating synthetic telescope images of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) density fields is presented, which utilises the adaptive nature of the SPH formalism in full. The imaging process uses Monte Carlo Radiative…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Duncan Forgan , Ken Rice

The saturation level of the magnetorotational instability (MRI) is investigated using three-dimensional MHD simulations. The shearing box approximation is adopted and the vertical component of gravity is ignored, so that the evolution of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Takayoshi Sano , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka , Neal J. Turner , James M. Stone

In fluid dynamical simulations in astrophysics, large deformations are common and surface tracking is sometimes necessary. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method has been used in many of such simulations. Recently, however, it has…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-29 Satoko Yamamoto , Junichiro Makino

We explore the structure and statistics of multiphase, magnetized ISM turbulence in the local Milky Way by means of driven periodic box numerical MHD simulations. Using the higher order-accurate piecewise-parabolic method on a local stencil…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-19 Alexei G. Kritsuk , Sergey D. Ustyugov , Michael L. Norman

Turbulence in compressible plasma plays a key role in many areas of astrophysics and engineering. The extreme plasma parameters in these environments, e.g. high Reynolds numbers, supersonic and super-Alfvenic flows, however, make direct…

Shear flows, ubiquitous in space and astrophysical plasmas, can accelerate particles through turbulence excited by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. We present the first numerical study of particle acceleration in non-relativistic,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-16 Mingxuan Liu , Mateusz Ruszkowski , Ellen Zweibel , Xiaochen Sun , Damiano Caprioli , Naixin Liang , Siang Peng Oh , Anatoly Spitkovsky

Despite the recent interest in the discontinuous shear-thickening (DST) behaviour, few computational works tackle the rich hydrodynamics of these fluids. In this work, we present the first implementation of a microstructural DST model in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-11-27 Peter Angerman , Sagaya Prasanna Kumar , Bjornar Sandnes , Ryohei Seto , Marco Ellero

Stable, accurate, divergence-free simulation of magnetized supersonic turbulence is a severe test of numerical MHD schemes and has been surprisingly difficult to achieve due to the range of flow conditions present. Here we present a new,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-02-20 Sergey D. Ustyugov , Mikhail V. Popov , Alexei G. Kritsuk , Michael L. Norman

The plasmoid instability may lead to fast magnetic reconnection through long current sheets(CS). It is well known that large-Reynolds-number plasmas easily become turbulent. We address the question whether turbulence enhances the energy…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-05-03 Fabien Widmer , Jörg Büchner , Nobumitsu Yokoi

Using the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) description, we develop a nonlinear dynamo model that couples the evolution of the large scale magnetic field with turbulent dynamics of the plasma at small scale by electromotive force (e.m.f.) in the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-29 Giuseppina Nigro , Pierlugi Veltri

We use local numerical simulations to investigate the strength and nature of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the outer regions of protoplanetary disks, where ambipolar diffusion is the dominant non-ideal MHD effect. The simulations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Jacob B. Simon , Xue-Ning Bai , James M. Stone , Philip J. Armitage , Kris Beckwith