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Using 3D MHD simulation with the effects of radiative cooling/heating, chemical reactions, and thermal conduction, we investigate the formation of molecular cloud in the ISM. We consider the formation of molecular cloud by accretion of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 Tsuyoshi Inoue , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

We investigate the role of non-isothermality in gravitational collapse and protostellar accretion by explicitly including the effects of molecular radiative cooling, gas-dust energy transfer, and cosmic ray heating in models of spherical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. I. Vorobyov , Shantanu Basu

Dust continuum and molecular observations of the low column density parts of molecular clouds have revealed the presence of elongated structures which appear to be well aligned with the magnetic field. These so-called striations are usually…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-07 A. Tritsis , K. Tassis

Turbulent thermal diffusion is a combined effect of the temperature stratified turbulence and inertia of small particles. It causes the appearance of a non-diffusive turbulent flux of particles in the direction of the turbulent heat flux.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-05-24 G. Amir , N. Bar , A. Eidelman , T. Elperin , N. Kleeorin , I. Rogachevskii

The relationship between a decaying strong turbulence and kinetic instabilities in a slowly expanding plasma is investigated using two-dimensional (2-D) hybrid expanding box simulations. We impose an initial ambient magnetic field…

We present results of a set of three-dimensional, general relativistic radiation magnetohydrodynamics simulations of thin accretion discs around a non-rotating black hole to test their thermal stability. We consider two cases, one that is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-21 B. Mishra , P. C. Fragile , L. C. Johnson , W. Kluźniak

Thermal instability is examined for advection-dominated one-temperature accretion disks. We consider axisymmetric perturbations with short wavelength in the radial direction. The viscosity is assumed to be sufficiently small for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Shoji Kato , Marek A. Abramowicz , Xingming Chen

The effect of confining walls on the fluctuation of a nanoscale thin film's free surface is studied using stochastic thin-film equations (STFEs). Two canonical boundary conditions are employed to reveal the influence of the confinement: (1)…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-01-25 Jingbang Liu , Chengxi Zhao , Duncan A. Lockerby , James E. Sprittles

Thermally bistable fluid tends to self-organize into clouds of hot and cold material, which are internally uniform and separated by thin conduction fronts. The evolution of these clouds has been studied for isobaric systems, but when…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-07-18 Henry Fetsch , Nathaniel J. Fisch

(abridged) Uninhibited radiative cooling in clusters of galaxies would lead to excessive mass accretion rates contrary to observations. One of the key proposals to offset radiative energy losses is thermal conduction from outer, hotter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 M. Ruszkowski , S. Peng Oh

Two dimensional compressible magneto-hydrodynamical (MHD) simulations run for 20 crossing times on a 800x640 grid with two stable thermal states show persistent hierarchical density structures and Kolmogorov turbulent motions in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Bruce G. Elmegreen

We consider the nonlinear outcome of gravitational instability in optically thick disks with a realistic cooling function. We use a numerical model that is local, razor-thin, and unmagnetized. External illumination is ignored. Cooling is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Bryan M. Johnson , Charles F. Gammie

We present numerical investigations into the formation of massive stars from centrally condensed turbulent cores. The results of five hydrodynamical simulations are described, following the collapse of the core, fragmentation and the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Clare L. Dobbs , Ian A. Bonnell , Paul C. Clark

We perform linear analysis of thermal instability in a contracting large cloud filled with warm HI gas and investigate the effect of metallicity and radiation flux. When the cloud reaches critical density n_f, the cloud fragments into cool,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Motomichi Tashiro , Ryoichi Nishi

The collapse of the primordial gas in the density regime $\sim 10^{8}\hbox{--}10^{10}$ cm$^{-3}$ is controlled by the three-body $\rm H_2$ formation process, in which the gas can cool faster than free-fall time $\hbox{--}$ a condition…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-30 Jayanta Dutta

Thermal fluctuations strongly modify the large length-scale elastic behavior of crosslinked membranes, giving rise to scale-dependent elastic moduli. While thermal effects in flat membranes are well understood, many natural and artificial…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-02-19 Jayson Paulose , Gerard A. Vliegenthart , Gerhard Gompper , David R. Nelson

Standing long-period (with the periods longer than several minutes) oscillations in large hot (with the temperature higher than 3 MK) coronal loops have been observed as the quasi-periodic modulation of the EUV and microwave intensity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-15 Sanjay Kumar , V. M. Nakariakov , Y. -J. Moon

Simulations are performed to investigate turbulent properties of nonlinearly interacting two-dimensional (2D) magnetic electron drift vortex (MEDV) modes in a nonuniform unmagnetized plasma. The relevant nonlinear equations governing the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Dastgeer Shaikh , P. K. Shukla

This study investigates the thermal stability of thin accretion disks in high-energy astrophysical systems, incorporating the effects of magnetic fields, winds, and coronae. We analyze how these factors influence disk stability, focusing on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-28 Arezoo Tajmohamadi , Shahram Abbassi

In a radiatively heated and cooled medium, the thermal instability is a plausible mechanism for forming clouds, while the radiation force provides a natural acceleration, especially when ions recombine and opacity increases. Here we extend…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Daniel Proga , Tim Waters