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The similarity theory is derived for ultra-relativistic laser-plasma interactions. First, it is shown that the most fundamental S-similarity is valid for both under- and overdense plasmas. Then, the particular case of tenious plasma is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 S. Gordienko , A. Pukhov

Motivated by the need to predict plasma density and temperature distributions created in the early stages of high-intensity laser-plasma interactions, we develop a fluid model of plasma expansion into vacuum that incorporates external…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 Ritwik Sain , Lance Labun , Ou Z. Labun , Bjorn Manuel Hegelich

This papers explores the self similar solutions of the Vlasov-Poisson system and their relation to the gravitational collapse of dynamically cold systems. Analytic solutions are derived for power law potential in one dimension, and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-31 C. Alard

In this letter, we study the scaling properties of multi-year observed and atmospheric model-generated wind time series. We have found that the extended self-similarity holds for the observed series, and remarkably, the scaling exponents…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-02-17 V. P. Kiliyanpilakkil , S. Basu

We carry out 3D and 2D PIC-simulations of the expansion of a magnetized plasma that initially uniformly fills a half-space and contains a semi-cylindrical region of heated electrons elongated along the surface of the plasma boundary. This…

Micron-sized particles moving through solution in response to self-generated chemical gradients serve as model systems for studying active matter. Their far-reaching potential applications will require the particles to sense and respond to…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-03-09 W. E. Uspal , M. N. Popescu , S. Dietrich , M. Tasinkevych

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

Magnetic reconnection and plasma turbulence are ubiquitous processes important for laboratory, space and astrophysical plasmas. Reconnection has been suggested to play an important role in the energetics and dynamics of turbulence by…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-08-31 Tak Chu Li , Yi-Hsin Liu , Yi Qi , Muni Zhou

Complex plasmas consist of microparticles embedded in a low-temperature plasma and allow investigating various effects by tracing the motion of these microparticles. Dust density waves appear in complex plasmas as self-excited acoustic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-02-23 P. Bajaj , S. Khrapak , V. Yaroshenko , M. Schwabe

Scaling laws and intermittency in the wall region of a turbulent flow are addressed by analyzing moderate Reynolds number data obtained by single component hot wire anemometry in the boundary layer of a flat plate. The paper aims in…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Jacob , A. Olivieri , C. M. Casciola

The diffusion of active microscopic organisms in complex environments plays an important role in a wide range of biological phenomena from cell colony growth to single organism transport. Here, we investigate theoretically and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-01-16 Juan L. Aragones , Shahrzad Yazdi , Alfredo Alexander-Katz

Model systems of self-propelled particles reproduce many phenomena observed in laboratory active matter systems that defy our thermal equilibrium-based intuition. In particular, in stationary states of self-propelled systems, it is…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-07-07 Grzegorz Szamel , Elijah Flenner

Kinetics of collision processes with linear mixing rules are investigated analytically. The velocity distribution becomes self-similar in the long time limit and the similarity functions have algebraic or stretched exponential tails. The…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Daniel ben-Avraham , Eli Ben-Naim , Katja Lindenberg , Alexandre Rosas

From Navier-Stokes turbulence numerical simulations we show that for the extended self similarity (ESS) method it is essential to take the third order structure function taken with the modulus and called $D_3^*(r)$, rather than the standard…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-30 Siegfried Grossmann , Detlef Lohse , Achim Reeh

Supercooled liquids are characterized by relaxation times that increase dramatically by cooling or compression. Many liquids have been shown to obey power-law density scaling, according to which the relaxation time is a function of density…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-12-19 Lasse Bøhling , Trond S. Ingebrigtsen , A. Grzybowski , M. Paluch , Jeppe C. Dyre , Thomas B. Schrøder

Self-assembly and dynamical properties of Janus nanoparticles have been studied by molecular dynamic simulations. The nanoparticles are modeled as dimers and they are confined between two flat parallel plates to simulate a thin film. One…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-04-05 Leandro B. Krott , Cristina Gavazzoni , José R. Bordin

Extended or generalized similarity is a ubiquitous but not well understood feature of turbulence that is realized over a finite range of scales. ULYSSES spacecraft solar polar passes at solar minimum provide \textit{in situ} observations of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. C. Chapman , R. M. Nicol

The zeroth law of turbulence states that, for fixed energy input into large-scale motions, the statistical steady state of a turbulent system is independent of microphysical dissipation properties. The behavior, which is fundamental to…

Space Physics · Physics 2021-06-16 Romain Meyrand , Jonathan Squire , Alexander A. Schekochihin , William Dorland

A widely used statistical theory of 2D turbulence developed by Kraichnan, Leith, and Batchelor (KLB) predicts a power-law scaling for the energy, $E(k)\propto k^\alpha$ with an integral exponent $\alpha={-3}$, in the inertial range…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-09-17 Mateo Reynoso , Dmitriy Zhigunov , Roman O. Grigoriev

Simulated dark matter profiles are often modelled as a `NFW' density profile rather than a single power law. Recently, attention has turned to the rather rigorous power-law behaviour exhibited by the `pseudo phase-space density' of the dark…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 R. N. Henriksen