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We study the 3D magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations in an annular cylinder, perturbed around the explicit steady state given by the 3D Taylor-Couette velocity field and zero magnetic field. Combining a recent linear instability result for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Víctor Navarro-Fernández , David Villringer

We derive the amplification of the cosmological magnetic field associated with forming gravitational structure. The self-similar solutions of magnetohydrodynamic equations are computed both in linear and nonlinear regimes. We find that the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. Siemieniec-Ozieblo , Z. Golda

The study of hot plasma expansion in a magnetic field is of interest for many laboratory and astrophysical applications. In this paper, an exactly solvable analytical model is proposed for an expanding resistive plasma in an external…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2013-03-29 H. B. Nersisyan , K. A. Sargsyan , D. A. Osipyan , M. V. Sargsyan

In the single fluid, nonrelativistic, ideal-Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) plasma description magnetic field lines play a fundamental role by defining dynamically preserved "magnetic connections" between plasma elements. Here we show how the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-04-06 F. Pegoraro

The explicit quasi-monotonic conservative TVD scheme and numerical method for the solution of the gravitational MHD equations are developed. The 2D numerical code for the simulation of multidimensional selfgravitating MHD flows on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander E. Dudorov , Oleg A. Kuznetsov , Andrey G. Zhilkin

Many magnetic structures in the solar atmosphere evolve rather slowly so that they can be assumed as (quasi-)static or (quasi-)stationary and represented via magneto-hydrostatic (MHS) or stationary magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) equilibria,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-15 Dieter H. Nickeler , Thomas Wiegelmann , Marian Karlicky , Michaela Kraus

Numerical simulations of magneto-convection have greatly expanded our understanding of stellar interiors and stellar magnetism. Recently, fully compressible hydrodynamical simulations of full-star models have demonstrated the feasibility of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-03 José R. Canivete Cuissa , Romain Teyssier

We present a new numerical implementation of the general-relativistic resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations within the Whisky code. The numerical method adopted exploits the properties of implicit-explicit Runge-Kutta numerical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-08-23 Kyriaki Dionysopoulou , Daniela Alic , Carlos Palenzuela , Luciano Rezzolla , Bruno Giacomazzo

Radio observations of galaxy clusters show that the intra cluster medium is permeated by \mu G magnetic fields. The origin and evolution of these cosmological magnetic fields is currently not well understood and so their impact on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 David J. Barnes , Daisuke Kawata , Kinwah Wu

A detailed understanding of cosmic-ray transport in galactic halos is essential for explaining various observations, such as the radio continuum measurements of synchrotron radiation from energetic electrons. Of central importance is the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-14 J. Kleimann , H. Fichtner , M. Stein , R. -J. Dettmar , D. J. Bomans , S. Oughton

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

We present an extension of the multi-region relaxed magnetohydrodynamics (MRxMHD) equilibrium model that includes pressure anisotropy and general plasma flows. This anisotropic extension to our previous isotropic model is motivated by Sun…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Graham R. Dennis , Stuart R. Hudson , Robert L. Dewar , Matthew J. Hole

We present three-dimensional nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the interiors of fully convective M-dwarfs. Our models consider 0.3 solar-mass stars using the Anelastic Spherical Harmonic code, with the spherical computational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Matthew Browning

We present the application of the data-driven branch of the MURaM code, which follows the evolution of the active region 11640 over 4 days starting from 2012 December 30 at 12:00 UT and reproduces many key coronal extreme-ultraviolet (EUV)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-14 Feng Chen

In this paper we develop a framework for studying unstratified, magnetised eccentric discs and compute uniformly precessing eccentric modes in a cylindrical annulus which provide convenient initial conditions for numerical simulations. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-18 Elliot M. Lynch , Janosz W. Dewberry

We have developed a new, quasi-Lagrangian approach for numerical modeling of magnetohydrodynamics in low to moderate $\beta$ plasmas such as the solar corona. We introduce the concept of a ``fluxon'', a discretized field line. Fluxon models…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Craig E. DeForest , Charles C. Kankelborg

Nonlinear ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the propagation and expansion of a magnetic "bubble" plasma into a lower density, weakly-magnetized background plasma are presented. These simulations mimic the geometry and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Wei Liu , Scott C. Hsu , Hui Li , Shengtai Li , Alan G. Lynn

Comprehending the manner in which magnetic fields affect propagating waves is a first step toward constructing accurate helioseismic models of active region sub-surface structure and dynamics. Here, we present a numerical method to compute…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Shravan M. Hanasoge

Motivated by some models arising in quantum plasma dynamics, in this paper we study the Maxwell-Schr\"odinger system with a power-type nonlinearity. We show the local well-posedness in $H^2(\mathbb{R}^3)\times H^{3/2}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-02-03 Paolo Antonelli , Michele D'Amico , Pierangelo Marcati

We introduce numerical algorithms for initializing multidimensional simulations of stellar explosions with 1D stellar evolution models. The initial mapping from 1D profiles onto multidimensional grids can generate severe numerical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-02-18 Ke-Jung Chen , Alexander Heger , Ann Almgren