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Large-amplitude Alfv\'en waves are observed in various systems in space and laboratories, demonstrating an interesting property that the wave shapes are stable even in the nonlinear regime. The ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) model…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Hamdi M. Abdelhamid , Zensho Yoshida

We consider the ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) subjected to a strong magnetic field along $x_1$ direction in three-dimensional thin domains $\Omega_\delta=\mathbb{R}^2\times(-\delta,\delta)$ with slip boundary conditions. It is well-known…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-02 Li Xu

Single fluid magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations have been studied through direct numerical simulations (DNS) using pseudo-spectral methods in two as well as three spatial dimensions. At Alfv\'en resonance, a reversible periodic exchange of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-06-24 Rupak Mukherjee , Rajaraman Ganesh , Abhijit Sen

The purpose of this paper is to solve the inverse scattering problem of nonlinear Alfv\'en waves governed by the three dimensional ideal incompressible MHD system. Bridging together geometric methods and weighted energy estimates, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-12-07 Mengni Li

We show that large-amplitude, non-planar, Alfv\'en wave (AW) packets are exact nonlinear solutions of the relativistic MHD equations when the total magnetic-field strength in the local fluid rest frame ($b$) is a constant. We derive…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-01-11 Alfred Mallet , Benjamin D. G. Chandran

In this paper we introduce a new method for exact decomposition of propagating, nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) disturbances into their component eigenenergies associated with the familiar slow, Alfv\'en, and fast wave eigenmodes, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-09 Abbas Raboonik , Lucas Tarr , David Pontin

We study propagating Alfven waves by solving the time-dependent equations of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in one dimension numerically. In a homogeneous medium the circularly polarized Alfven wave is an exact solution of the ideal MHD…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Turkmani , U. Torkelsson

We analyse the effects of the propagating Alfv\'en waves, arising due to non-zero mean magnetic fields, on the nonequilibrium steady states of three-dimensional (3d) homogeneous Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. In particular, the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Abhik Basu , Jayanta K Bhattacharjee

Context: Coronal magnetic null points have been implicated as possible locations for localised heating events in 2D models. We investigate this possibility about fully 3D null points. Aims: We investigate the nature of the fast…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-30 J. O. Thurgood , J. A. McLaughlin

This paper concerns the rigidity from infinity for Alfv\'en waves governed by ideal incompressible magnetohydrodynamic equations subjected to strong background magnetic fields along the $x_1$-axis in 3D thin domains…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-04 Mengni Li

Nonlinear evolution of circularly polarized Alfv\'en waves are discussed by using the recently developed Vlasov-MHD code, which is a generalized Landau-fluid model. The numerical results indicate that as far as the nonlinearity in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-06 Y. Nariyuki , T. Umeda , T. Kumashiro , T. Hada

Physical problems with a solution that can be expressed analytically are scarce; this holds even more true for problems set in a cosmological context. Such solutions are, however, invaluable tools for making comparisons between theory,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-13 Orestis A. Karapiperis , Matthieu Schaller

Solitary waves are localized gravity waves that preserve their consistency and henceforth their visibility through properties of nonlinear hydrodynamics. Solitary waves have finite amplitude and spread with constant speed and constant…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-08-28 Sachin Kumar , Dharmendra Kumar

Context : In the linear, {\beta}=0 MHD regime, the transient properties of MHD waves in the vicinity of 2D null points are well known. The waves are decoupled and accumulate at predictable parts of the magnetic topology: fast waves…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 J. O. Thurgood , J. A. McLaughlin

We consider a gravitational wave oscillating in an initially homogeneous, magnetized fluid. The fluid is perfectly conducting and isentropic, and the magnetic field is initially uniform. We find analytic solutions for the case in which the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Matthew D. Duez , Yuk Tung Liu , Stuart L. Shapiro , Branson C. Stephens

The Alfv\'en waves are fundamental wave phenomena in magnetized plasmas and the dynamics of Alfv\'en waves are governed by a system of nonlinear partial differential equations called the MHD system. In this paper, we study the rigidity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-01-08 Mengni Li , Pin Yu

We construct examples of smooth periodic solutions to the Magnetohydrodynamic equations in dimension 2 with positive resistivity for which the topology of the magnetic lines changes under the flow. By Alfv\'en's theorem this is known to be…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-10 Gennaro Ciampa

We study large-amplitude, very oblique Alfv\'en waves at low $\beta$, with small gradient length scales, comparable to the ion inertial scale $d_i$. Such waves have large density fluctuations, and slight dispersion from finite-frequency and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-11-10 Alfred Mallet

Context: MHD waves and magnetic null points are both prevalent in many astrophysical plasmas, including the solar atmosphere. Interaction between waves and null points has been implicated as a possible mechanism for localised heating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 J. O. Thurgood , J. A. McLaughlin

The coupled motion between the hydrodynamic flow and magnetic field introduces significant complexity into the structure of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. A key factor contributing to this complexity is the presence of Alfv\'en…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Shangkun Weng , Wengang Yang
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