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Non-ideal MHD effects are thought to be a crucial component of the star-formation process. Numerically, several complications render the study of non-ideal MHD effects in 3D simulations extremely challenging and hinder our efforts of…

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We present synthetic dust polarization maps of simulated molecular clouds (MCs) with the goal to systematically explore the origin of the relative orientation of the magnetic field ($\bf{B}$) with respect to the MC sub-structures identified…

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Three-dimensional (3D) magnetic nulls are abundant in the solar atmosphere, as been firmly established through contemporary observations. They are established to be important magnetic structures in, for example, jets and circular ribbon…

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The magnetic network extending from the photosphere (solar radius $\simeq R_\odot$) to lower corona ($R_\odot + 10$ Mm) plays an important role in the heating mechanisms of the solar atmosphere. Here we further develop the models with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-02 Frederick A. Gent , Ben Snow , Viktor Fedun , Robertus Erdelyi

The current dynamo paradigm for the Sun and sun-like stars places the generation site for strong toroidal magnetic structures deep in the solar interior. Sunspots and star-spots on sun-like stars are believed to arise when sections of these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Nicholas J. Nelson , Benjamin P. Brown , Allan Sacha Brun , Mark S. Miesch , Juri Toomre

We report on an analytical and numerical study of the dynamics of a three-dimensional array of identical magnetic flux tubes in the reduced-magnetohydrodynamic description of the plasma. We propose that the long-time evolution of this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-15 Muni Zhou , Nuno F. Loureiro , Dmitri A. Uzdensky

We present 3D hydrodynamic simulations of the adiabatic interaction of a shock with a dense, spherical cloud. We compare how the nature of the interaction changes with the Mach number of the shock, $M$, and the density contrast of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-23 J. M. Pittard , E. R. Parkin

We conduct 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of decaying turbulence in the solar wind context. To account for the spherical expansion of the solar wind, we implement the expanding box model. The initial turbulence comprises…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-27 Chen Shi , Nikos Sioulas , Zesen Huang , Marco Velli , Anna Tenerani , Victor Réville

The inner regions of protoplanetary discs, which encompass the putative habitable zone, are dynamically complex, featuring a relatively well-ionised, turbulent active zone located interior to a poorly ionised 'dead' zone. In this second…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-29 Matthew J. O. Roberts , Henrik N. Latter , Geoffroy Lesur

In this study, we perform 3D magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations of filamentary molecular clouds. We then generate synthetic observations based on the simulation results. Using these, we investigate how the new polarization data analysis…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-19 Haruka Fukihara , Daisuke Takaishi , Yoshiaki Misugi , Megumi Sasaki , Yusuke Tsukamoto

We use the results of a three-dimensional kinetic simulation of an Harris current sheet to propose an explanation and to reproduce the ISEE-1/2, Geotail, and Cluster observations of the magnetotail current sheet structure. Current sheet…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Paolo Ricci , Giovanni Lapenta , J. U. Brackbill

We investigate magnetized solar-like stellar winds by means of self-consistent three-dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) numerical simulations. We analyze winds with different magnetic field intensities and densities as to explore…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. A. Vidotto , M. Opher , V. Jatenco-Pereira , T. I. Gombosi

Observations of sun-like stars rotating faster than our current sun tend to exhibit increased magnetic activity as well as magnetic cycles spanning multiple years. Using global simulations in spherical shells to study the coupling of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Nicholas J. Nelson , Benjamin P. Brown , Matthew K. Browning , Allan Sacha Brun , Mark S. Miesch , Juri Toomre

Magnetic reconnection is an explosive process that accelerates particles to high energies in Earth's magnetosphere, offering a unique natural laboratory to study this phenomenon. This study investigates how well data-driven fully kinetic…

Space Physics · Physics 2026-02-18 Nadja Reisinger , Fabio Bacchini

In this paper, we present a numerical study of the properties of the flow produced by the collision of a magnetized anisotropic pulsar wind with its environment in binary system. We compare the impact of both the magnetic field and the wind…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 S. Bogovalov , D. Khangulyan , A. V. Koldoba , G. V. Ustyugova , F. A. Aharonian

We present two-dimensional, cylindrically symmetric simulations of hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) wide-angle winds interacting with a collapsing environment. These simulations have direct relevance to young stellar objects…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. A. Gardiner , A. Frank , L. Hartmann

We present numerical magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the effect of stellar dipole magnetic fields on line-driven wind outflows from hot, luminous stars. Unlike previous fixed-field analyses, the simulations here take full account…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 Asif ud-Doula , Stanley P. Owocki

We perform direct numerical simulations of the equations of magnetohydrodynamics with external random forcing and in the presence of gravity. The domain is divided into two parts: a lower layer where the forcing is helical and an upper…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-20 Dhrubaditya Mitra , A. Brandenburg , N. Kleeorin , I. Rogachevskii

Steep gradients of temperature and density, called cold fronts, are observed by Chandra in a leading edge of subclusters moving through the intracluster medium (ICM). The presence of cold fronts indicates that thermal conduction across the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Naoki Asai , Naoya Fukuda , Ryoji Matsumoto

We utilize magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations to develop a numerical model for GMC-GMC collisions between nearly magnetically critical clouds. The goal is to determine if, and under what circumstances, cloud collisions can cause…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-30 Benjamin Wu , Sven Van Loo , Jonathan C. Tan , Simon Bruderer