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A quantum field model of helical MHD stochastically forced by gaussian hydrodynamic, magnetic and mixed noices is investigated. These helical noises lead to an exponential increase of magnetic fluctuations in the large scale range.…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Hnatic , M. Jurcisin , M. Stehlik

Tangled magnetic fields, often coexisting with an ordered mean field, have a major impact on turbulence and momentum transport in many plasmas, including those found in the solar tachocline and magnetic confinement devices. We present a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-04-09 Chang-Chun Chen , Patrick H. Diamond , Rameswar Singh , Steven M. Tobias

Magnetic field fluctuations in MHD turbulence can be viewed as current sheets that are progressively more anisotropic at smaller scales. As suggested by Loureiro & Boldyrev (2017) and Mallet et al (2017), below a certain critical thickness…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-08-09 Stanislav Boldyrev , Nuno F. Loureiro

The formation and evolution of a wide class of astrophysical objects is governed by turbulent, magnetized accretion disks. Understanding their secular dynamics is of primary importance. Apart from enabling mass accretion via the transport…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-16 Oliver Gressel , Martin E. Pessah

We study the properties of sub-Alfvenic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, i.e., turbulence with Alfven Mach number $M_A=V_L/V_A<1$, where $V_L$ is the velocity at the injection scale and $V_A$ is the Alfven velocity. We demonstrate that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-28 Alex Lazarian , Ka Wai HO , Ka Ho Yuen , Ethan Vishniac

Turbulence is a complex physical process prevalent in modern physics, particularly in ionized environments like interstellar gas, where magnetic fields play a dynamic role. However, the precise influence of magnetic fields in such settings…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-12 Guang-Xing Li , Mengke Zhao

The transition to intermittent mean--field dynamos is studied using numerical simulations of isotropic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence driven by a helical flow. The low-Prandtl number regime is investigated by keeping the kinematic viscosity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Erico L. Rempel , Michael R. E. Proctor , Abraham C. -L. Chian

In this paper we consider the following form of the so-called Mean field equation arising from the statistical mechanics description of two dimensional turbulence \begin{equation}\label{eq:study} - \D_g u = \rho_1 (\frac{e^{u}}{\int_\Sig…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Cheikh Birahim Ndiaye

We present the results of three-dimensional (3D) ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations on the dynamics of a perpendicularly inhomogeneous plasma disturbed by propagating Alfv\'enic waves. Simpler versions of this scenario have been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-03 Norbert Magyar , Tom Van Doorsselaere , Marcel Goossens

Alfv\'enic-type turbulence in strongly magnetized, low-beta pair plasmas is investigated. A coupled set of equations for the evolution of the magnetic and flow potentials are derived, covering both fluid and kinetic scales. In the fluid…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-10-31 N. F. Loureiro , S. Boldyrev

MHD Turbulence is common in many space physics and astrophysics environments. We first discuss the properties of incompressible MHD turbulence. A well-conductive fluid amplifies initial magnetic fields in a process called small-scale…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Andrey Beresnyak , Alex Lazarian

The wave kinetic equation (WKE) describing drift-wave (DW) turbulence is widely used in studies of zonal flows (ZFs) emerging from DW turbulence. However, this formulation neglects the exchange of enstrophy between DWs and ZFs and also…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-12-20 D. E. Ruiz , J. B. Parker , E. L. Shi , I. Y. Dodin

We present an exact analytic solution for decaying incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. Our solution reveals a dual formulation in terms of two interacting Euler ensembles--one for hydrodynamic and another for magnetic…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-05-15 Alexander Migdal

The mean electromotive force caused by turbulence of an electrically conducting fluid, which plays a central part in mean--field electrodynamics, is calculated for a rotating fluid. Going beyond most of the investigations on this topic, an…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-05-29 Karl-Heinz Readler , Rodion Stepanov

Previous attempts for building a cosmic dynamo including preheating in inflationary universes [Bassett et al Phys Rev (2001)] has not included mean field dynamos. Here, a mean field dynamo in cosmic scales on a Riemannian spatial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-12-31 L Garcia de Andrade

The Minkowski's theory is regarded as the classical approach for describing the electromagnetism of uniformly moving objects by elegantly utilizing the format-invariance of the Maxwell's equations in inertia reference frames under Lorentz…

General Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Zhong Lin Wang

The nonlinear mean-field dynamo due to a shear-current effect in a nonhelical homogeneous turbulence with a mean velocity shear is discussed. The transport of magnetic helicity as a dynamical nonlinearity is taken into account. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 I. Rogachevskii , N. Kleeorin , E. Liverts

Recently, it has been realized that magnetic plasma turbulence and magnetic field reconnection are inherently related phenomena. Turbulent fluctuations generate regions of a sheared magnetic field that become unstable to the tearing…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-01-11 Stanislav Boldyrev , Nuno F. Loureiro

We consider the problem of incompressible, forced, nonhelical, homogeneous, isotropic MHD turbulence with no mean magnetic field. This problem is essentially different from the case with externally imposed uniform mean field. There is no…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. A. Schekochihin , S. C. Cowley , S. F. Taylor , J. L. Maron , J. C. McWilliams

A mean-field Fokker-Planck equation approach to the dynamics of ferrofluids in the presence of a magnetic field and velocity gradients is proposed that incorporates magnetic dipole-dipole interactions of the colloidal particles. The model…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-24 Patrick Ilg , Siegfried Hess