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The Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability of a shear layer with an initially-uniform magnetic field in the direction of flow is studied in the framework of 2D incompressible magnetohydrodynamics with finite resistivity and viscosity using…

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We present three Orion simulations of star cluster formation in a 1000 Msun, turbulent molecular cloud clump, including the effects of radiative transfer, protostellar outflows, and magnetic fields. Our simulations all use self-consistent…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Andrew Myers , Richard Klein , Mark Krumholz , Chris McKee

Galaxy clusters are unique laboratories to investigate turbulent fluid motions and large scale magnetic fields. Synchrotron radio halos at the center of merging galaxy clusters provide the most spectacular and direct evidence of the…

We present a series of cosmological magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations that simultaneously follow the formation of a galaxy cluster and evolution of magnetic fields ejected by an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN). Specifically, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Hao Xu , Hui Li , David C. Collins , Shengtai Li , Michael L. Norman

We present self-consistent cosmological magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations that simultaneously follow the formation of a galaxy cluster and the magnetic field ejection by an active galactic nucleus (AGN). We find that the magnetic fields…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-27 Hao Xu , Hui Li , David C. Collins , Shengtai Li , Michael L. Norman

We develop an analytical model to follow the cosmological evolution of magnetic fields in disk galaxies. Our assumption is that fields are amplified from a small seed field via magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) turbulence. We further assume that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Stanislav Shabala , James M. G. Mead , Paul Alexander

We present numerical simulations of the growth and saturation of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in a compressible fluid layer with and without a weak magnetic field. In the absence of a magnetic field, the instability generates a single…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. L. Palotti , F. Heitsch , E. G. Zweibel , Y. -M. Huang

Understanding turbulence within the Intracluster Medium (ICM) of galaxy clusters is pivotal for comprehending their evolution and dynamics. Employing 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of galaxy cluster mergers, we examine the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-30 Yue Hu , Alex Lazarian , G. Brunetti , John A. ZuHone

We present results of a detailed and fully non-linear numerical and analytical investigation of magnetic field evolution from the very earliest cosmic epochs to the present. We find that, under reasonable assumptions concerning the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Robi Banerjee , Karsten Jedamzik

A brief overview about our knowledge on galaxy cluster magnetic fields is provided. Emphasize is given to the mutual dependence of our knowledge on relativistic particles in galaxy clusters and the magnetic field strength. Furthermore, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Torsten A. Ensslin , Corina Vogt , Christoph Pfrommer

The origin of the micro-Gauss magnetic fields in galaxy clusters is one of the outstanding problem of modern cosmology. We have performed three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of the nonrelativistic Weibel instability in an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Mikhail V. Medvedev , Luis O. Silva , Marc Kamionkowski

We analyze high resolution simulations of compressible, MHD turbulence with properties resembling conditions in galaxy clusters. The flow is driven to turbulence Mach number $\mathcal{M}_t \sim 1/2$ in an isothermal medium with an initially…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 David H. Porter , T. W. Jones , Dongsu Ryu

Using a new numerical code we have carried out two-dimensional simulations of the nonlinear evolution of unstable sheared magnetohydrodynamic flows. We considered two cases: a strong magnetic field (Alfven Mach number, M_a = 2.5) and a weak…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Adam Frank , T. W. Jones , Dongsu Ryu , Joseph B. Gaalaas

We study the impact of an intracluster magnetic field on the main structural properties of clusters and groups of galaxies: the radial density and entropy profiles, the S-T relation and the L_X-T relation for groups and clusters of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Colafrancesco , F. Giordano

We present the results of three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (3D MHD) simulations of the plasma flow structure in the vicinity of a compact cluster of young massive stars. The cluster is considered at the evolutionary stage dominated by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-11 D. V. Badmaev , A. M. Bykov , M. E. Kalyashova

High-resolution X-ray observations have revealed cavities and `cold fronts' with sharp edges in temperature, density, and metallicity within galaxy clusters. Their presence poses a puzzle since these features are not expected to be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. J. Dursi , C. Pfrommer

Galaxy clusters show large-scale azimuthal X-ray surface brightness fluctuations known as cold fronts. Cold fronts are argued to originate due to sloshing driven by sub-halo passage at close proximity to the cluster center. While this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-06 Prakriti Pal Choudhury , Christopher S. Reynolds

We study the evolution of primordial magnetic fields in an expanding cosmic plasma. For this purpose we present a comprehensive theoretical model to consider the evolution of MHD turbulence that can be used over a wide range of physical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-12 Tina Kahniashvili , Axel Brandenburg , Alexander G. Tevzadze

We investigate the cosmological evolution of large- and small-scale magnetic fields in galaxies at high redshifts. Results from simulations of hierarchical structure formation cosmology provide a tool to develop an evolutionary model of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Tigran G. Arshakian , Rainer Beck , Marita Krause , Dmitry Sokoloff

We study the cosmic evolution of the magnetic fields of a large sample of spiral galaxies in a cosmologically representative volume by employing a semi-analytic galaxy formation model and numerical dynamo solver in tandem. We start by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-03 Luiz Felippe S. Rodrigues , Luke Chamandy , Anvar Shukurov , Carlton M. Baugh , A. Russ Taylor