English
Related papers

Related papers: The Influence of the Gravitational Acceleration on…

200 papers

Parker instability arises from the presence of magnetic fields in a plasma in a gravitational field such as the interstellar medium (ISM), wherein the magnetic buoyant pressure expels the gas and causes the gas to move along the field…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-09-07 Chih-Yueh Wang , Ying-Yi Lo , Chung-Ming Ko

We model the Parker instability in vertically stratified isothermal gas using non-ideal MHD three-dimensional simulations. Rotation, especially differential, more strongly and diversely affects the nonlinear state than the linear stage…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-08 Devika Tharakkal , Anvar Shukurov , Frederick A. Gent , Graeme R. Sarson , Andrew Snodin

We present the results of linear analysis and two-dimensional local magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the Parker instability, including the effects of cosmic rays (CRs), in magnetized gas disks (galactic disks). As an unperturbed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Takuhito Kuwabara , Kenji Nakamura , C. M. Ko

Using an isothermal MHD code, we have performed three-dimensional, high-resolution simulations of the Parker instability. The initial equilibrium system is composed of exponentially-decreasing isothermal gas and magnetic field (along the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Jongsoo Kim , S. S. Hong , Dongsu Ryu , T. W. Jones

A linear stability analysis has been performed onto a self-gravitating magnetized gas disk bounded by external pressure. The resulting dispersion relation is fully explained by three kinds of instability: a Parker-type instability driven by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sang Min Lee , Seung Soo Hong

This study investigates Parker instability in an interstellar medium (ISM) near the Galactic plane using three-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamic simulations. Parker instability arises from the presence of a magnetic field in a plasma,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-01-06 Ying-Yi Lo , Chung-Ming Ko , Chih-Yueh Wang

Galaxy evolution and star formation are two multi-scale problems tightly linked to each other. To understand the interstellar cycle, which triggers galaxy evolution, it is necessary to describe simultaneously the large-scale evolution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-16 Olivier Iffrig , Patrick Hennebelle

To examine how non-uniform nature of the Galactic gravity might affect length and time scales of the Parker instability, we took three models of gravity, uniform, linear and realistic ones. To make comparisons of the three gravity models on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Jongsoo Kim , S. S. Hong

We investigate the effects of rotation on the evolution of the Parker instability in an exponentially-stratified and uniformly-rotating magnetized gas disk by carrying out three-dimensional numerical simulations with an isothermal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Jongsoo Kim , Dongsu Ryu , T. W. Jones

In supernova remnants, the nonlinear amplification of magnetic fields upstream of collisionless shocks is essential for the acceleration of cosmic rays to the energy of the "knee" at 10^{15.5}eV. A nonresonant instability driven by the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Yutaka Ohira , Brian Reville , John G. Kirk , Fumio Takahara

We present 2D, ideal-MHD numerical simulations of the Parker instability in a multi-component warm disk model. The calculations were done using two numerical codes with different algorithms, TVD and ZEUS-3D. The outcome of the numerical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Alfredo Santillan , Jongsoo Kim , Jose Franco , Marco Martos , S. S. Hong , Dongsu Ryu

We examine the evolution of the Parker instability in galactic disks using 3D numerical simulations. We consider a local Cartesian box section of a galactic disk, where gas, magnetic fields and cosmic rays are all initially in a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-24 Luiz Felippe S. Rodrigues , Graeme R. Sarson , Anvar Shukurov , Paul J. Bushby , Andrew Fletcher

A linear stability analysis of a multi-component and magnetized Galactic disk model is presented. The disk model uses the observed stratifications for the gas density and gravitational acceleration at the solar neighborhood and, in this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jongsoo Kim , Jose Franco , S. S. Hong , Alfredo Santillan , Marco A. Martos

Supernovae explosions of massive stars are nowadays believed to result from a two-step process, with an initial gravitational core collapse followed by an expansion of matter after a bouncing on the core. This scenario meets several…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-02 Pierre-Henri Chavanis , Bruno Denet , Martine Le Berre , Yves Pomeau

To be a formation mechanism of such large-scale structures as giant molecular clouds (GMCs) and HI superclouds, the classical Parker instability driven by external gravity has to overcome three major obstacles: The convective motion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Sang Min Lee , S. S. Hong

By means of two-dimensional (2D) simulations we study hydrodynamic instabilities during the first seconds of neutrino-driven supernova explosions, using a PPM hydrodynamics code, supplemented with a gray, non-equilibrium approximation of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. Scheck , K. Kifonidis , H. -Th. Janka , E. Mueller

We use hydrodynamical simulations in a $(256\;{\rm pc})^3$ periodic box to model the impact of supernova (SN) explosions on the multi-phase interstellar medium (ISM) for initial densities $n = 0.5-30$ cm$^{-3}$ and SN rates $1-720$…

We study properties of gravitational waves based on the three-dimensional simulations, which demonstrate the neutrino-driven explosions aided by the standing accretion shock instability (SASI). Pushed by evidence supporting slow rotation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-01-15 Kei Kotake , Wakana Iwakami , Naofumi Ohnishi , Shoichi Yamada

The neutrino-driven explosion mechanism for core-collapse supernovae in its modern flavor relies on the additional support of hydrodynamical instabilities in achieving shock revival. Two possible candidates, convection and the so-called…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 B. Mueller , H. -Th. Janka , A. Heger

The Parker instability, a Rayleigh-Taylor like instability of thermal gas supported against gravity by magnetic fields and cosmic rays, is thought to be dynamically important for galaxy evolution, possibly promoting molecular cloud…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-25 Evan Heintz , Chad Bustard , Ellen Zweibel
‹ Prev 1 2 3 10 Next ›