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We present global 3D MHD simulations of disks of gas and solids, aiming at developing models that can be used to study various scenarios of planet formation and planet-disk interaction in turbulent accretion disks. A second goal is to show…

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We introduce the concept of intermittency dimension for the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) to quantify the intermittency effect. With dependence on the intermittency dimension, we derive phenomenological laws for intermittent MHD turbulence…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-22 Mimi Dai

Our knowledge of the circumgalactic medium (CGM) is mostly based on quasar absorption-line measurements. These have uncovered a multiphase medium that is likely highly turbulent, but constraints of this turbulence are limited to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-24 Brad Koplitz , Edward Buie , Evan Scannapieco

Measurements of intensity and polarization of diffuse Galactic synchrotron emission as well as starlight polarization reveal power law spectra of fluctuations. We show that these fluctuations can arise from magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Jungyeon Cho , A. Lazarian

The effect of large scales on the statistics and dynamics of turbulent fluctuations is studied using data from high resolution direct numerical simulations. Three different kinds of forcing, and spatial resolutions ranging from 256^3 to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. D. Mininni , A. Alexakis , A. Pouquet

The small-scale turbulent dynamo in the high Prandtl number regime is described in terms of the one-point Fourier space correlators. The second order correlator of this kind is the energy spectrum and it has been previously studied in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Nazarenko , R. J. West , O. Zaboronski

The Interplanetary Magnetic Field shows complex spatial and temporal variations. Single spacecraft measurements reveal only a one dimensional section of this rich four dimensional phenomenon. Multi-point measurements of the four Cluster…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Z. Németh , G. Facskó , E. A. Lucek

We extend the analysis of [Zhou and Sornette, Physica D 165, 94-125, 2002] showing statistically significant log-periodic corrections to scaling in the moments of the energy dissipation rate in experiments at high Reynolds number ($\approx…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 W. -X. Zhou , D. Sornette , V. Pisarenko

Some techniques for the study of intermittency by means of wavelet transforms, are presented on an example of synthetic turbulent signal. Several features of the turbulent field, that cannot be probed looking at standard structure function…

chao-dyn · Physics 2007-05-23 Piero Olla , Paolo Paradisi

Turbulent dynamics generate random fluctuations in density and velocity in the Interstellar Medium (ISM) of spiral and dwarf galaxies. Observationally, H~{\sc i} 21-cm radiation provides a good probe of these stochastic processes and helps…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-30 Meera Nandakumar

Understanding the interplay of stellar feedback and turbulence in the interstellar medium (ISM) is essential to modeling the evolution of galaxies. To determine the timescales over which stellar feedback drives turbulence in the ISM, we…

In an attempt to determine the outer scale of turbulence driven by localized sources, such as supernova explosions in the interstellar medium, we consider a forcing function given by the gradient of gaussian profiles localized at random…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Antony J. Mee , Axel Brandenburg

We revisit the scaling properties of the energy spectra in fully developed incompressible homogeneous turbulence in forced magnetofluids (MHD) in three dimensions (3D), which are believed to be characterised by {\em universal scaling…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-01-02 Abhik Basu , Jayanta K Bhattacharjee

Low frequency turbulence in Saturn's magnetosheath is investigated using in-situ measurements of the Cassini spacecraft. Focus is put on the magnetic energy spectra computed in the frequency range $\sim[10^{-4}, 1]$Hz. A set of 42 time…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-11-28 L. Z. Hadid , F. Sahraoui , K. H. Kiyani , A. Retinò , R. Modolo , P. Canu , A. Masters , M. K. Dougherty

We present numerical simulations of electron magnetohydrodynamic (EMHD) and electron reduced MHD (ERMHD) turbulence. Comparing scaling relations, we find that both EMHD and ERMHD turbulence show similar spectra and anisotropy. We develop…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-24 Jungyeon Cho , A. Lazarian

Intermittent magnetohydrodynamical turbulence is most likely at work in the magnetized solar atmosphere. As a result, an array of scaling and multi-scaling image-processing techniques can be used to measure the expected self-organization of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Manolis K. Georgoulis

The atomic-to-molecular (HI-to-H$_2$) transition in photodissociation regions (PDRs) has been investigated over the last several decades through analytic and numerical modeling. However, classical PDR models typically assume uniform density…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-06 Yue Hu , A. Lazarian , Shmuel Bialy

We discuss constraints on the rates of stirring and dissipation of MHD turbulence in molecular clouds. Recent MHD simulations suggest that turbulence in clouds decays rapidly, thus providing a significant source of energy input,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Shantanu Basu , Chigurupati Murali

We present a new Eulerian framework for the computation of turbulent compressible multiphase channel flows, specifically to assess turbulence modulation by dispersed particulate matter in dilute concentrations but with significant mass…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-08-12 Ajay Dhankarghare , Yuval Dagan

Halo mergers and shock waves play a crucial role in the process of hierarchical clustering. Hydrodynamical simulations are the principal investigation tool in this field for theoreticians, and predict that a by-product of cluster formation…

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