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The injection of turbulence in the circum-galactic medium at redshift z = 2 is investigated using the mesh-based hydrodynamic code Enzo and a subgrid-scale (SGS) model for unresolved turbulence. Radiative cooling and heating by a uniform…

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Stars form within molecular clouds, so characterizing the physical states of molecular clouds is key in understanding the process of star formation. Cloud structure and stability is frequently assessed using metrics including the virial…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-07-20 Theo J. O'Neill , Remy Indebetouw , Alberto D. Bolatto , Suzanne C. Madden , Tony Wong

We present the results of a series of numerical simulations of compressible, self-gravitating hydrodynamic turbulence of cluster-forming clumps in molecular clouds. We examine the role that turbulence has in the formation of gravitationally…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 David A. Tilley , Ralph E. Pudritz

We investigate the phenomenon of turbulent thermal diffusion of inertial solid particles in laboratory experiments with convective turbulence forced by one or two oscillating grids in the air. Turbulent thermal diffusion causes a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-26 E. Elmakies , O. Shildkrot , N. Kleeorin , A. Levy , I. Rogachevskii

Context. In stellar interiors, rotation is able to drive turbulent motions, and the related transport processes have a significant influence on the evolution of stars. Turbulent mixing in the radiative zones is currently taken into account…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-25 Vincent Prat , François Lignières

We derive two-dimensional spatial power spectra of four distinct interstellar medium tracers, HI, $^{12}$CO($J$=1--0), $^{13}$CO($J$=1--0), and dust, in the Perseus molecular cloud, covering linear scales ranging from $\sim$0.1 pc to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-18 Nickolas Pingel , Min-Young Lee , Blakesley Burkhart , Snezana Stanimirović

In this paper we show results of numerical simulations for the turbulence in the interstellar medium. These results were obtained using a Riemann solver-free numerical scheme for high-Mach number hyperbolic equations. Here we especially…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-02-11 R. Kissmann , J. Kleimann , H. Fichtner , R. Grauer

Clustering is an important phenomenon in turbulent flows laden with inertial particles. Although this process has been studied extensively, there are still open questions about both the fundamental physics and the reconciliation of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-10-09 Daniel Odens Mora , Alberto Aliseda , Alain Cartellier , Martin Obligado

We investigate experimentally phenomenon of turbulent thermal diffusion of micron-size solid particles in an inhomogeneous convective turbulence forced by one vertically-oriented oscillating grid in an air flow. This effect causes formation…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-04-19 E. Elmakies , O. Shildkrot , N. Kleeorin , A. Levy , I. Rogachevskii

We revisit the relation between the variance of three-dimensional (3D) density ($\sigma^{2}_{\rho}$) and that of the projected two-dimensional (2D) column density ($\sigma^{2}_{\Sigma}$) in turbulent media, which is of great importance in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-26 Heesun Yoon , Jungyeon Cho

Characterization of atmospheric turbulence is essential to understanding image quality of astronomical telescopes and applying adaptive optics systems. In this study, the vertical distributions of optical turbulence at the Peak Terskol…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-02 A. Y. Shikhovtsev , C. Qing , E. A. Kopylov , S. A. Potanin , P. G. Kovadlo

HI data cubes are sources of unique information on interstellar turbulence. Doppler shifts due to supersonic motions contain information on turbulent velocity field which is otherwise difficult to obtain. However, the problem of separation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Lazarian , D. Pogosyan , Alejandro Esquivel

We study how the estimation of the sonic Mach number ($M_s$) from $^{13}$CO linewidths relates to the actual 3D sonic Mach number. For this purpose we analyze MHD simulations which include post-processing to take radiative transfer effects…

Turbulence is a complex system exhibiting both universal statistical features and prominent coherent structures. We model turbulence using coherent vortices distributed within a multi-scale statistical framework, termed `woven turbulence'.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-04 Zishuo Han , Weiyu Shen , Yue Yang

We investigate the interplay between the ionization radiation from massive stars and the turbulence inside the surrounding molecular gas thanks to 3D numerical simulations. We used the 3D hydrodynamical code HERACLES to model an initial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 P. Tremblin , E. Audit , V. Minier , W. Schmidt , N. Schneider

We determine the physical properties and turbulence driving mode of molecular clouds formed in numerical simulations of a Milky Way-type disc galaxy with parsec-scale resolution. The clouds form through gravitational fragmentation of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-31 Keitaro Jin , Diane M. Salim , Christoph Federrath , Elizabeth J. Tasker , Asao Habe , Jouni T. Kainulainen

We investigate observational signatures of triggered star formation in bright rimmed clouds (BRCs) by using molecular line transfer calculations based on radiation-hydrodynamic radiatively-driven-implosion models. We find that for BRCs the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Thomas J. Haworth , Tim J. Harries , David M. Acreman , David A. Rundle

High-velocity clouds (HVCs) may fuel future star formation in the Milky Way, but they must first survive their passage through the hot halo. While recent work has improved our understanding of the survival criterion for cloud-wind…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-28 Lori E. Porter , Matthew Abruzzo , Greg L. Bryan , Mary Putman , Yong Zheng , Drummond Fielding

In this study we investigate the formation and properties of prestellar and protostellar cores using hydrodynamic, self-gravitating Adaptive Mesh Refinement simulations, comparing the cases where turbulence is continually driven and where…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. S. R. Offner , M. R. Krumholz , R. I. Klein , C. F. McKee

Turbulent dynamics generate random fluctuations in density and velocity in the Interstellar Medium (ISM) of spiral and dwarf galaxies. Observationally, H~{\sc i} 21-cm radiation provides a good probe of these stochastic processes and helps…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-30 Meera Nandakumar