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AGN jet structure and stability remain uncertain; recollimation shocks are linked to morphology and variability, but the role of downstream instabilities is still unclear. We aim to investigate how jet magnetization and other physical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-14 Stella Boula , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Gianluigi Bodo , Nektarios Vlahakis , Paolo Coppi , Agnese Costa , Alberto Sciaccaluga

We performed three dimensional resistive magnetohydrodynamic simulations to study the magnetic reconnection using an initially shearing magnetic field configuration (force free field with a current sheet in the middle of the computational…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 R. L. Jiang , K. Shibata , H. Isobe , C. Fang

Accreting black holes (BHs) launch relativistic collimated jets, across many decades in luminosity and mass, suggesting the jet launching mechanism is universal, robust and scale-free. Theoretical models and general relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-11 M. T. P. Liska , A. Tchekhovskoy , E. Quataert

Synchrotron radiation is commonly observed in connection with shocks of different velocities, ranging from relativistic shocks associated with active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts or microquasars to weakly- or non-relativistic flows as…

We present results from axisymmetric, time-dependent hydrodynamical (HD) and magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulations of a gaseous envelope collapsing onto a black hole (BH). We consider gas with so small angular momentum that after an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Daniel Proga

We investigate the launching and stability of extragalactic jets through nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation and linear eigenmode analysis. In the simulations of jet evolution, a small-scale equilibrium magnetic arcade is twisted…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-11 C. S. Carey , C. R. Sovinec

Astrophysical jets, launched from the immediate vicinity of accreting black holes, carry away large amounts of power in a form of bulk kinetic energy of jet particles and electromagnetic flux. Here we consider a simple analytical model for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-11 Dominika Ł. Król , Łukasz Stawarz , Mitchell C. Begelman , José-María Martí , Manel Perucho , Bohdan A. Petrenko

The impact of the magnetic field on postbounce supernova dynamics of non-rotating stellar cores is studied by performing three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics simulations with spectral neutrino transport. The explodability of strongly and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-19 Jin Matsumoto , Yuta Asahina , Tomoya Takiwaki , Kei Kotake , Hiroyuki R. Takahashi

Aims. The main goal of the present paper is to provide the first systematic numerical study of the propagation of astrophysical relativistic jets, in the context of high-resolution shock-capturing resistive relativistic magnetohydrodynamics…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-03 Giancarlo Mattia , Luca Del Zanna , Matteo Bugli , Andrea Pavan , Riccardo Ciolfi , Gianluigi Bodo , Andrea Mignone

During stellar evolution, especially in the PMS, stellar structure and rotation evolve significantly causing major changes in the dynamics and global flows of the star. We wish to assess the consequences of these changes on stellar dynamo,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-15 Constance Emeriau-Viard , Allan Sacha Brun

The axisymmetric 3-D MHD outflow of a cold plasma from a magnetized and rotating astrophysical object is numerically simulated with the purpose of investigating the outflow's magnetocentrifugal acceleration and eventual collimation. Gravity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Bogovalov , K. Tsinganos

We present nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of high-$\beta$ Wendelstein 7-X plasmas using the stellarator extension of the M3D-$C^1$ code, building on the recent work that shows benign saturation of ideal ballooning modes…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Yao Zhou , K. Aleynikova , Chang Liu , N. M. Ferraro

We studied the magnetic field structures and dynamics of magnetized multiphase gas on parsec scales around supermassive black holes by using global 3D magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations. We considered the effect of radiative cooling and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-25 Yuki Kudoh , Keiichi Wada , Colin Norman

Both multiphase gas and magnetic fields are ubiquitous in astrophysics. However, the influence of magnetic fields on mixing of the different phases is still largely unexplored. In this study, we use both turbulent radiative mixing layer…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-17 Hitesh Kishore Das , Max Gronke

We present the first radio emission simulations from high resolution three dimensional relativistic hydrodynamic jets, which allow for a study of the observational implications of the interaction between the jet and external medium. This…

We investigate supersonic, axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) jets with a time-dependent injection velocity by numerical simulations with the PLUTO code. Using a comprehensive set of parameters, we explore different jet configurations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-02 Ovidiu Tesileanu , Andrea Mignone , Silvano Massaglia , Francesca Bacciotti

Coronal jets are observed above minority polarity intrusions throughout the solar corona. Some of the most energetic occur on the periphery of active regions where the magnetic field is strongly inclined. These jets exhibit a non-radial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-09 Peter F. Wyper , C. Richard DeVore , Spiro K. Antiochos

Shallow flows are common in natural and human-made environments. Even for simple rectangular shallow reservoirs, recent laboratory experiments show that the developing flow fields are particularly complex, involving large-scale turbulent…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-07-13 Daniel Valero , Daniel B. Bung , Sebastien Erpicum , Yann Peltier , Benjamin Dewals

We investigate the effect of the jet's immediate surroundings on the non-thermal synchrotron emission and its polarization properties. The ambient medium is equipped with a turbulent magnetic field, which is compressed and amplified by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-06 Moun Meenakshi , Dipanjan Mukherjee , Gianluigi Bodo , Paola Rossi

Relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei (AGN) convert as much as half of their energy into radiation. To explore the poorly understood processes that are responsible for this conversion, we carry out fully 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-28 Rodolfo Barniol Duran , Alexander Tchekhovskoy , Dimitrios Giannios