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We present long-term (~10^4 M) axisymmetric simulations of differentially rotating, magnetized neutron stars in the slow-rotation, weak magnetic field limit using a perturbative metric evolution technique. Although this approach yields…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Zachariah B. Etienne , Yuk Tung Liu , Stuart L. Shapiro

Using local 3D MHD simulations, we investigate ways in which galactic turbulence associated with the magnetorotational instability (MRI) may influence the formation and properties of GMCs. Our disk models are vertically stratified and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Woong-Tae Kim , Eve C. Ostriker , James M. Stone

We examine the small-scale dynamics of black hole accretion disks in which radiation pressure exceeds gas pressure. Local patches of disk are modeled by numerically integrating the equations of radiation MHD in the flux-limited diffusion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 N. J. Turner , J. M. Stone , J. H. Krolik , T. Sano

Turbulence in the protoplanetary disks induces collisions between dust grains, and thus facilitates grain growth. We investigate the two fundamental assumptions of the turbulence in obtaining grain collisional velocities -- the kinetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-25 Munan Gong , Alexei V. Ivlev , Bo Zhao , Paola Caselli

A linear but global numerical model for the magnetorotational instability (MRI) in disk geometry is considered to estimate the instability parameters for galaxies. Similarity rules suggested by a local analysis are applied to reveal a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 L. L. Kitchatinov , G. Rüdiger

Jets, from the protostellar to the AGN context, have been extensively studied but their connection to the turbulent dynamics of the underlying accretion disc is poorly understood. Following a similar approach to Lesur et al. (2013), we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-07 A. Riols , G. I. Ogilvie , H. Latter , J. P. Ross

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 W. Lyra , A. Johansen , H. Klahr , N. Piskunov

We performed a series of three-dimensional numerical simulations of supersonic homogeneous Euler turbulence with adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) and effective grid resolution up to 1024^3 zones. Our experiments describe non-magnetized driven…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Alexei G. Kritsuk , Michael L. Norman , Paolo Padoan

We perform numerical experiments to study the shear dynamo problem where we look for the growth of large--scale magnetic field due to non--helical stirring at small scales in a background linear shear flow, in previously unexplored…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-16 Nishant K. Singh , Naveen Jingade

Eccentric disks arise in such astrophysical contexts as tidal disruption events, but it is unknown whether the magnetorotational instability (MRI), which powers accretion in circular disks, operates in eccentric disks as well. We examine…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-24 Chi-Ho Chan , Julian H. Krolik , Tsvi Piran

Performing a stable, long duration simulation of driven MHD turbulence with a high thermal Mach number and a strong initial magnetic field is a challenge to high-order Godunov ideal MHD schemes because of the difficulty in guaranteeing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Pak Shing Li , Daniel F. Martin , Richard I. Klein , Christopher F. McKee

Magnetorotational instability (MRI) in a convectively-stable layer around the neutrinosphere is simulated by a three-dimensional model of supernova core. To resolve MRI-unstable modes, a thin layer approximation considering only the radial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Youhei Masada , Tomoya Takiwaki , Kei Kotake

A subcritical transition to turbulence in magnetized Keplerian shear flows is investigated using a statistical approach. Three-dimensional numerical simulations of the shearing box equations with zero net magnetic flux are employed to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Erico L. Rempel , Geoffroy Lesur , Michael R. E. Proctor

The linear stability of global non-axisymmetric modes in differentially rotating, magnetized, non-ideal plasma is crucial for understanding turbulence and transport phenomena. We investigate the competition between the local…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-18 Alexander Haywood , Fatima Ebrahimi

The turbulence driven by gravitational instabilities (GIs) can amplify magnetic fields in massive gaseous disks. This GI dynamo may appear in young circumstellar disks, whose weak ionization challenges other amplification routes, as well as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-27 William Béthune , Henrik Latter

The physical modeling of the accretion disk boundary layer, the region where the disk meets the surface of the accreting star, usually relies on the assumption that angular momentum transport is opposite to the radial angular frequency…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-11-28 Chi-kwan Chan , Martin E. Pessah

We present local numerical models of accretion disk turbulence driven by the magnetorotational instability with varying shear rate. The resulting turbulent stresses are compared with predictions of a closure model in which triple…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-17 A. J. Liljeström , M. J. Korpi , P. J. Käpylä , A. Brandenburg , W. Lyra

The magnetorotational instability originates from the elastic coupling of fluid elements in orbit around a gravitational well. Since inertial accelerations play a fundamental dynamical role in the process, one may expect substantial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Rafael Angel Araya-Gochez

We implement general relativistic hydrodynamics in the moving-mesh code AREPO. We also couple a solver for the Einstein field equations employing the conformal flatness approximation. The implementation is validated by evolving isolated…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-10 Georgios Lioutas , Andreas Bauswein , Theodoros Soultanis , Rüdiger Pakmor , Volker Springel , Friedrich K. Röpke

The outer protoplanetary disks (PPDs) can be subject to the magnetorotational instability (MRI) and the vertical shear instability (VSI). While both processes can drive turbulence in the disk, existing numerical simulations have studied…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Can Cui , Xue-Ning Bai