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We use three-dimensional numerical simulations to study self-organization in supersonic turbulence in molecular clouds. Our numerical experiments describe decaying and driven turbulent flows with an isothermal equation of state, sonic Mach…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Alexei G. Kritsuk , Sergey D. Ustyugov , Michael L. Norman , Paolo Padoan

We suggested a \emph{Multi-Zone Shell} (MZS) model for wall-bounded flows accounting for the space inhomogeneity in a "piecewise approximation", in which cross-section area of the flow, $S$, is subdivided into "$j$-zones". The area of the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Victor S. L'vov , Anna Pomyalov , Vasil Tiberkevich

We use three-dimensional simulations to study the statistics of supersonic turbulence in molecular clouds. Our numerical experiments describe driven turbulent flows with an isothermal equation of state, Mach numbers around 10, and various…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-05-18 Alexei G. Kritsuk , Sergey D. Ustyugov , Michael L. Norman , Paolo Padoan

Atmospheric wind speeds and their fluctuations at different locations (onshore and offshore) are examined. One of the most striking features is the marked intermittency of probability density functions (PDF) of velocity differences -- no…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Böttcher , St. Barth , J. Peinke

Flows in fluid layers are ubiquitous in industry, geophysics and astrophysics. Large-scale flows in thin layers can be considered two-dimensional (2d) with bottom friction added. Here we find that the properties of such flows depend…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-10-24 Gregory Falkovich , Natalia Vladimirova

We use detailed numerical simulations of the coupled chemical, thermal and dynamical evolution of the gas in a turbulent molecular cloud to study the usefulness of the [CI] 609 micron and 370 micron fine structure emission lines as tracers…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Simon C. O. Glover , Paul C. Clark , Milica Micic , Faviola Molina

We numerically investigate the driving of MHD turbulence by gravitational contraction using simulations of an initially spherical, magnetically supercritical cloud core with initially transonic and trans-Alfv\'enic turbulence. We perform a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-04 Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni , Yue Hu , Siyao Xu , Rubén Guerrero-Gamboa , Alex Lazarian

We study the typical collisional velocities in a polydisperse suspension of droplets in two and three-dimensional turbulent flow and obtain precise theoretical estimates of the dependence of the impact velocity of particles-pairs on their…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-03-21 Martin James , Samriddhi Sankar Ray

Analysis of the Pangu N-body simulation validates that the bulk flow of halos follows a Maxwellian distribution which variance is consistent with the prediction of the linear theory of structure formation. We propose that the consistency…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Ming Li , Jun Pan , Liang Gao , Yipeng Jing , Xiaohu Yang , Xuebin Chi , Longlong Feng , Xi Kang , Weipeng Lin , Guihua Shan , Long Wang , Donghai Zhao , Pengjie Zhang

The phenomenology of velocity statistics in turbulent flows, up to now, relates to different models dealing with either signed or unsigned longitudinal velocity increments, with either inertial or dissipative fluctuations. In this paper, we…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Chevillard , B. Castaing , E. Leveque , A. Arneodo

Spatially developing round jet flows are fundamental to numerous engineering applications. This letter applies the wave-particle turbulence simulation (WPTS) method, a recently developed multiscale approach, to simulate a spatially…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-07-22 Xiaojian Yang , Kun Xu

Giant molecular clouds contain supersonic turbulence and simulations of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence show that these supersonic motions decay in roughly a crossing time, which is less than the estimated lifetimes of molecular clouds. Such…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-07-13 A. Pon , D. Johnstone , M. J. Kaufman

We present a self-consistent hydrodynamical simulation of a Milky Way-like galaxy, at the resolution of 0.05 pc. The model includes star formation and a new implementation of stellar feedback through photo-ionization, radiative pressure and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 F. Renaud , F. Bournaud , E. Emsellem , B. Elmegreen , R. Teyssier , J. Alves , D. Chapon , F. Combes , A. Dekel , J. Gabor , P. Hennebelle , K. Kraljic

The fundamental equations that model turbulent flow do not provide much insight into the size and shape of observed turbulent structures. We investigate the efficient and accurate representation of structures in two-dimensional turbulence…

The magnetic field strength in molecular clouds is a fundamental quantity for theories of star formation. It is estimated by Zeeman splitting measurements in a few dense molecular cores, but its volume--averaged value within large molecular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Paolo Padoan , Raul Jimenez , Mika Juvela , Aake Nordlund

Dust explosions are among the most hazardous accidents affecting industrial facilities processing particulate solids. Describing the severity parameters of dust clouds is critical to the safety management and risk assessment of dust…

We use numerical hydrodynamic simulations to investigate prestellar core formation in the dynamic environment of giant molecular clouds, focusing on planar post-shock layers produced by colliding turbulent flows. A key goal is to test how…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Hao Gong , Eve C. Ostriker

In an experiment on a turbulent jet, we detect interfacial turbulent layers in a frame that moves, on average, along with the \tnti. This significantly prolongs the observation time of scalar and velocity structures and enables the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-09 Ali R Khojasteh , Lyke K van Dalen , Coen Been , Jerry Westerweel , Willem van de Water

We have carried out a search for filamentary structures in the Taurus molecular cloud using $\rm^{13}CO$ line emission data from the FCRAO survey of $\rm \sim100 \, deg^2$. We have used the topological analysis tool, DisPerSe, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-04 G. V. Panopoulou , K. Tassis , P. F. Goldsmith , M. H. Heyer

We investigate the physical properties of dense cores formed in turbulent, magnetized, parsec-scale clumps of molecular clouds, using three-dimensional numerical simulations that include protostellar outflow feedback. The dense cores are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Fumitaka Nakamura , Zhi-Yun Li
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