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We carry out extensive pseudospectral direct numerical simulations (DNSs) of decaying three-dimensional (3D) Hall magnetohydrodynamics (3D HMHD) plasma turbulence at three magnetic Prandtl numbers $Pr_{m}=0.1$, $1.0$ and $10.0$. Our DNSs…

Space Physics · Physics 2025-05-15 Pratik Patel , Sharad K Yadav , Hideaki Miura , Rahul Pandit

We perform direct numerical simulations of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in the early universe and numerically compute the resulting stochastic background of gravitational waves and relic magnetic fields. These simulations do not make the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-15 Alberto Roper Pol , Sayan Mandal , Axel Brandenburg , Tina Kahniashvili , Arthur Kosowsky

Recent direct numerical simulations (DNS) of large-scale turbulent dynamos in strongly stratified layers have resulted in surprisingly sharp bipolar structures at the surface. Here we present new DNS of helically and non-helically forced…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-24 Sarah Jabbari , Axel Brandenburg , Nathan Kleeorin , Igor Rogachevskii

The negative effective magnetic pressure instability discovered recently in direct numerical simulations (DNS) may play a crucial role in the formation of sunspots and active regions in the Sun and stars. This instability is caused by a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-30 Koen Kemel , Axel Brandenburg , Nathan Kleeorin , Dhrubaditya Mitra , Igor Rogachevskii

Three-dimensional turbulence is usually studied experimentally by using a spatially localized forcing at large scales (e.g. via rotating blades or oscillating grids), often in a deterministic way. Here, we report an original technique where…

Turbulence is a complex phenomenon that has a chaotic nature with multiple spatio-temporal scales, making predictions of turbulent flows a challenging topic. Nowadays, an abundance of high-fidelity databases can be generated by experimental…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-08-12 Mustafa Z. Yousif , Linqi Yu , Sergio Hoyas , Ricardo Vinuesa , HeeChang Lim

The plasmoid instability may lead to fast magnetic reconnection through long current sheets(CS). It is well known that large-Reynolds-number plasmas easily become turbulent. We address the question whether turbulence enhances the energy…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-05-03 Fabien Widmer , Jörg Büchner , Nobumitsu Yokoi

Insufficient numerical resolution of grid-based, direct numerical simulations (DNS) hampers the development of instabilitydriven turbulence at small (unresolved) scales. As an alternative to DNS, sub-grid models can potentially reproduce…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-26 Miquel Miravet-Tenés , Pablo Cerdá-Durán , Martin Obergaulinger , José A. Font

Fluid thermodynamics underpins atmospheric dynamics, climate science, industrial applications, and energy systems. However, direct numerical simulations (DNS) of such systems can be computationally prohibitive. To address this, we present a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-02-11 Luca Menicali , Andrew Grace , David H. Richter , Stefano Castruccio

Cosmic structure formation is characterized by the complex interplay between gravity, turbulence, and magnetic fields. The processes by which gravitational energy is converted into turbulent and magnetic energies, however, remain poorly…

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Recent results of numerical magnetohydrodynamic simulations suggest that in collisionless space plasmas turbulence can spontaneously generate thin current sheets. These coherent structures can partially explain intermittency and the…

Observing 3D magnetic fields, including orientation and strength, within the interstellar medium is vital but notoriously difficult. However, recent advances in our understanding of anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-06 Yue Hu , A. Lazarian , Yan Wu , Chengcheng Fu

We present a new analysis of the anisotropic spectral energy distribution in incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence permeated by a strong mean magnetic field. The turbulent flow is generated by high-resolution pseudo-spectral…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Roland Grappin , Wolf-Christian Müller

This study proposes a newly-developed deep-learning-based method to generate turbulent inflow conditions for spatially-developing turbulent boundary layer (TBL) simulations. A combination of a transformer and a multiscale-enhanced…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-03-22 Mustafa Z. Yousif , Meng Zhang , Linqi Yu , Ricardo Vinuesa , HeeChang Lim

We present a systematic analysis of statistical properties of turbulent current and vorticity structures at a given time using cluster analysis. The data stems from numerical simulations of decaying three-dimensional (3D)…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-05-29 Vadim M. Uritsky , Annick Pouquet , Duane Rosenberg , Pablo D. Mininni , Eric Donovan

We study a turbulent helical dynamo in a periodic domain by solving the ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations with the FLASH code using the divergence-cleaning eight-wave method and compare our results with direct numerical simulations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-28 Axel Brandenburg , Evan Scannapieco

Models for GRB outflows invoke turbulence in relativistically hot magnetized fluids. In order to investigate these conditions we have performed high-resolution three-dimensional numerical simulations of relativistic magneto-hydrodynamical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-09-29 Jonathan Zrake , Andrew MacFadyen

We present a first 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation of oxygen, neon and carbon shell burning in a rapidly rotating 16 M_sun core-collapse supernova progenitor. We also run a purely hydrodynamic simulation for comparison. After 180s…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-24 Vishnu Varma , Bernhard Mueller

Three-dimensional FLASH radiation-magnetohydrodynamics (radiation-MHD) modeling is carried out to study the hydrodynamics and magnetic fields in the shock-shear derived platform. Simulations indicate that fields of tens of Tesla can be…

Turbulent plasma motion is common in the universe, and invoked in solar flares to drive effective acceleration leading to high energy electrons. Unresolved mass motions are frequently detected in flares from extreme ultraviolet (EUV)…

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