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Exact solutions of the equation governing the equilibrium magetohydrodynamic states of an axisymmetric plasma with incompressible flows of arbitrary direction [H. Tasso and G.N.Throumoulopoulos, Phys. Pasmas {\bf 5}, 2378 (1998)] are…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 G. N. Throumoulopoulos , G. Poulipoulis , G. Pantis , H. Tasso

The magnetohydrodynamic dynamo equation is derived within general relativity, using the covariant 1+3 approach, for a plasma with finite electric conductivity. This formalism allows for a clear division and interpretation of plasma and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Mattias Marklund , Chris Clarkson

Observations show that propagating magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves are ubiquitous in the solar atmosphere. The technique of MHD seismology uses the wave observations combined with MHD wave theory to indirectly infer physical parameters of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 M. Goossens , R. Soler , I. Arregui , J. Terradas

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

Firstly, we give a historical overview of attempts to incorporate magnetic fields into the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics method by solving the equations of Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), leading an honest assessment of the current…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Daniel J. Price

Extended MHD is a one-fluid model that incorporates two-fluid effects such as electron inertia and the Hall drift. This model is used to construct fully nonlinear Alfv\'enic wave solutions, and thereby derive the kinetic and magnetic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-10-05 Hamdi M. Abdelhamid , Manasvi Lingam , Swadesh M. Mahajan

Plasmas are highly nonlinear and multi-scale, motivating a hierarchy of models to understand and describe their behavior. However, there is a scarcity of plasma models of lower fidelity than magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), although these…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-07-16 Alan A. Kaptanoglu , Kyle D. Morgan , Chris J. Hansen , Steven L. Brunton

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

The set of equations for magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves in a shear flow is consecutively derived. The proposed scenario involves the presence of a self-sustained turbulence and magnetic field. In the framework of Langevin--Burgers approach…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-27 T. M. Mishonov , Y. G. Maneva , Z. D. Dimitrov , T. S. Hristov

A simple generalization of the MHD model accounting for the fluctuations of the configurations due to kinetic effects in plasmas in short times small scales is considered. The velocity of conductive fluid and the magnetic field are…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-10-26 D. Volchenkov , R. Lima

We consider the electron magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in the context where the 3D magnetic field depends only on the two horizontal plane variables. In particular, the magnetic field takes the form $B=\nabla\times (a\vec e_z)+b\vec e_z$ with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-23 Mimi Dai

Solving the problem of fast eruptive events in magnetically dominated astrophysical plasmas requires the use of particularly well adapted numerical tools. Indeed, the central mechanism based on magnetic reconnection is determined by a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-07 Hubert Baty

Magnetic reconnection, or the ability of the magnetic field lines that are frozen in plasma to change their topology, is a fundamental problem of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). We briefly examine the problem starting with the well-known…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Lazarian , J. Cho

In three dimensional toroidal domains without symmetry, the standard magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium model used for magnetic confinement fusion does not generally support smooth solutions. Instead, solutions have singular plasma…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Maximilian Ruth , Joshua W. Burby , Wrick Sengupta , Andrew Brown

The limitations of Hall MHD as a model for turbulence in weakly collisional plasmas are explored using quantitative comparisons to Vlasov-Maxwell kinetic theory over a wide range of parameter space. The validity of Hall MHD in the cold ion…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-29 Gregory G. Howes

The recent imaging of the M87 black hole at millimeter wavelengths by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has triggered a renewed interest in numerical models for the accretion of magnetized plasma in the regime of general…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 N. Tomei , L. Del Zanna , M. Bugli , N. Bucciantini

Magneto-hydrodynamics is one of the foremost models in plasma physics with applications in inertial confinement fusion, astrophysics and elsewhere. Advanced numerical methods are needed to get an insight into the complex physical phenomena.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-03-29 Jan Nikl , Milan Kuchařík , Stefan Weber

Equations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) play an important role in the studies of turbulence, astrophysics, and plasma physics. These equations possess remarkable geometric structures and symmetries. Indeed, they admit a geodesic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-03-19 Michael Roop

Shocks waves are a ubiquitous feature of many astrophysical plasma systems, and an important process for energy dissipation and transfer. The physics of these shock waves are frequently treated/modeled as a collisional, fluid MHD…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-11-17 Colby C. Haggerty , Antoine Bret , Damiano Caprioli

We propose an analytical model based on the solution of the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations for studying the origin of intrinsic magnetospheres. For this purpose, we reveal a new gauge condition for the electromagnetic vector…

Space Physics · Physics 2014-02-13 M. Mendoza , J. Morales