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The impact of electromagnetic stabilization and flow shear stabilization on ITG turbulence is investigated. Analysis of a low-$\beta$ JET L-mode discharge illustrates the relation between ITG stabilization, and proximity to the…

We demonstrate a significant difference in the angular momentum transport properties of galactic disks between regions in which the interstellar medium is single phase or two phase. Our study is motivated by observations of HI in extended…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 C. P. McNally , J. Wadsley , H. M. P. Couchman

We perform direct numerical simulations of a kerosene-water mixture in pipe flow under realistic experimental conditions by solving the Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes equations. We compute the linear stability of core-annular flow of kerosene…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-08-13 Carlos Plana , Baofang Song , Marc Avila

We continue our investigation into the nonlinear evolution of the Goldreich-Schubert-Fricke (GSF) instability in differentially rotating radiation zones. This instability may be a key player in transporting angular momentum in stars and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-20 Adrian J. Barker , Chris A. Jones , Steven M. Tobias

To explore the physics of large-scale flows in solar-like stars, we perform 3D anelastic simulations of rotating convection for global models with stratification resembling the solar interior. The numerical method is based on an implicit…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-10 G. Guerrero , P. K. Smolarkiewicz , A. G. Kosovichev , N. N. Mansour

We present a data-driven method for reconstructing the galactic acceleration field from phase-space measurements of stellar streams. Our approach is based on a flexible and differentiable fit to the stream in phase-space, enabling a direct…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-31 Jacob Nibauer , Vasily Belokurov , Miles Cranmer , Jeremy Goodman , Shirley Ho

The thermal state of the post-reionization IGM is sensitive to the timing of reionization and the nature of the ionizing sources. We have modelled here the thermal state of the IGM in cosmological radiative transfer simulations of a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-17 Laura C. Keating , Ewald Puchwein , Martin G. Haehnelt

In this paper we show results of numerical simulations for the turbulence in the interstellar medium. These results were obtained using a Riemann solver-free numerical scheme for high-Mach number hyperbolic equations. Here we especially…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-02-11 R. Kissmann , J. Kleimann , H. Fichtner , R. Grauer

In the present Letter, first-of-its-kind computer simulations predicting plasma profiles for modern optimized stellarators -- while self-consistently retaining neoclassical transport, turbulent transport with 3D effects, and external…

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

Full-f global gyrokinetic simulations of the plasma boundary have until now required heroic computational efforts and case-by-case expert intervention, precluding systematic parameter scans. Here we demonstrate a paradigm shift: hundreds of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-05-18 A. C. D. Hoffmann , M. Francisquez , T. N. Bernard , G. W. Hammett , A. Hakim

The properties of the boundary plasma in a tokamak are now recognized to play a key role in determining the achievable fusion power and the lifetimes of plasma-facing components. Accurate quantitative modeling and improved qualitative…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-08-25 E. L. Shi

Large Eddy Simulations (LES) of gyrokinetic plasma turbulence are investigated as interesting candidates to decrease the computational cost. A dynamic procedure is implemented in the GENE code, allowing for dynamic optimization of the free…

In this work we use seeing-limited SINFONI H- and K-band spectroscopy to analyse the spatially resolved kinematics of the stellar component in the inner r<1-2 kpc of ten nearby (mean z=0.014) LIRGs. We compare the stellar kinematics with…

The inner regions of protoplanetary disks are prone to thermal instability (TI), which can significantly impact the thermal and dynamic evolution of planet-forming regions. Observable as episodic accretion outbursts, such periodic…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-18 Michael Cecil , Mario Flock

In fusion devices, the geometry of the confining magnetic field has a significant impact on the instabilities that drive turbulent heat loss. This is especially true of stellarators, where the "trapped electron mode" (TEM) is stabilised if…

We present the results of global 3-D MHD simulations of stratified and turbulent protoplanetary disc models. The aim of this work is to develop thin disc models capable of sustaining turbulence for long run times, which can be used for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Sebastien Fromang , Richard P. Nelson

The linear stability analysis of a stratified rotating fluid (see paper I) showed that disks with a baroclinic stratification under the influence of thermal relaxation will become unstable to thermal instabilities. One instability is the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-16 Hubert Klahr , Hans Baehr , Julio David Melon Fuksman

The stability of toroidal magnetic fields in radiative stellar interiors is a key open problem in astrophysics. We investigate the Tayler instability of purely toroidal fields $B_\phi$ in a nonrotating, thermally stably stratified stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-08 Domenico G. Meduri , Rainer Arlt , Alfio Bonanno , Giovanni Licciardello

We present initial attempts to include the multi-dimensional nature of radiation transport in hydrodynamical simulations of the small-scale structure that arises from the line-driven instability in hot-star winds. Compared to previous 1D or…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Luc Dessart , S. P. Owocki