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Context: Supersonic nonthermal motions in molecular clouds are often interpreted as long-lived magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves. The propagation and amplitude of these waves is affected by local physical characteristics, most importantly the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 C. Pinto , A. Verdini , D. Galli , M. Velli

Alfv\'{e}nic turbulent cascade perpendicular and parallel to the background magnetic field is studied accounting for anisotropic dispersive effects and turbulent intermittency. The perpendicular dispersion and intermittency make the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 J. S. Zhao , Y. M. Voitenko , D. J. Wu , M. Y. Yu

We investigate how to recover the spectral properties of underlying magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence using fluctuation statistics of synchrotron polarization radiation, based on the synthetic observations. Taking spatially coincident,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-29 Jian-Fu Zhang , Alex Lazarian , Fu-Yuan Xiang

The evolution of Alfven turbulence due to three-wave interactions is discussed using kinetic theory for a collisionless, thermal plasma. There are three low-frequency modes, analogous to the three modes of compressible MHD. When only Alfven…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Q. Luo , D. B. Melrose

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

Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observed sub-Alfvenic solar wind intervals during encounters 8 - 14, and low-frequency magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in these regions may differ from that in super-Alfvenic wind. We apply a new mode-decomposition…

In the framework of compressional magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), we numerically studied the commonly accepted presumption that the Alfv\'enic turbulence is generated by the collisions between counter-propagating Alfv\'en waves (AWs). In the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-11 S. V. Shestov , Y. M. Voitenko , A. N. Zhukov

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…

This is a brief review of the main results of our recent studies of the nonlinear evolution of the small-scale MHD dynamo in the high-Prandtl-number regime and of the structure of the resulting saturated state of the isotropic homogeneous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. A. Schekochihin , S. C. Cowley , G. W. Hammett , J. L. Maron , J. C. McWilliams

We present a measurement of the scale-dependent, three-dimensional structure of the magnetic field fluctuations in inertial range solar wind turbulence with respect to a local, physically motivated coordinate system. The Alfvenic…

Space Physics · Physics 2012-10-09 C. H. K. Chen , A. Mallet , A. A. Schekochihin , T. S. Horbury , R. T. Wicks , S. D. Bale

We investigate numerically the long-time behavior of balanced Alfven wave turbulence forced at intermediate scales. Whereas the usual constant-flux solution is found at the smallest scales, two new scalings are obtained at the forcing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-25 S. Galtier , S. Nazarenko

The three-dimensional (3D) Hall magnetohydrodynamics (HMHD) equations are often used to study turbulence in the solar wind. Some earlier studies have investigated the statistical properties of 3D HMHD turbulence by using simple shell models…

Space Physics · Physics 2022-10-12 Sharad K Yadav , Hideaki Miura , Rahul Pandit

Magnetized turbulence is ubiquitous in many astrophysical and terrestrial plasmas but no universal theory exists. Even the detailed energy dynamics in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence are still not well understood. We present a suite of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-06 Philipp Grete , Brian W. O'Shea , Kris Beckwith

We present a model for nonlinear decay of the weak wave in three-dimensional incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. We show that the decay rate is different for parallel and perpendicular waves. We provide a general formula…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Andrey Beresnyak , Alex Lazarian

Incompressible Magnetohydrodynamics is often assumed to describe solar wind turbulence. We use extended self similarity to reveal scaling in structure functions of density fluctuations in the solar wind. Obtained scaling is then compared…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Bogdan Hnat , Sandra C. Chapman , George Rowlands

We study of the effect of turbulence on heat transfer within magnetized plasmas for energy injection velocities both larger and smaller that the Alfven speed. We find that in the latter regime the heat transfer is partially suppressed,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 A. Lazarian

Turbulence in the magnetized plasma is well understood to be the consequence of wave interactions. When the Hall effect is added to the minimum magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), the MHD waves become dispersive and different nonlinear interactions…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-02-19 Erik C. Hansen , Prerana Sharma , Swadesh M. Mahajan

We present the first magnetohydrodynamic model of the stellar chromospheric heating and acceleration of the outer atmospheres of cool evolved stars, using alpha Tau as a case study. We used a 1.5D MHD code with a generalized Ohm's law that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-15 V. S. Airapetian , J. E. Leake , K. G. Carpenter

The anisotropy of magnetophydrodynamic turbulence is investigated by using solar wind data from the Helios 2 spacecraft. We investigate the behaviour of the complete high-order moment tensors of magnetic field increments and we compare the…

Space Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Luca Sorriso-Valvo , Vincenzo Carbone , Roberto Bruno , Pierluigi Veltri

The question is addressed to what extent incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) can describe random magnetic and velocity fluctuations measured in the solar wind. It is demonstrated that distributions of spectral indices for the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 Stanislav Boldyrev , Jean Carlos Perez , Joseph E. Borovsky , John J. Podesta
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