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The inertial-interval energy spectrum of strong magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence with a uniform background magnetic field was observed numerically to be close to $k^{-3/2}$ by a number of independent groups. A dissenting opinion has…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-30 J. C. Perez , J. Mason , S. Boldyrev , F. Cattaneo

We analyse the anisotropy of homogeneous turbulence in an electrically conducting fluid submitted to a uniform magnetic field, for low magnetic Reynolds number, in the quasi- static approximation. We interpret disagreeing previous…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2012-07-23 B. F. N. Favier , F. S. Godeferd , C. Cambon , A. Delache , W. J. T. Bos

Magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) turbulence is ubiquitous in magnetized astrophysical plasmas, and it radically changes a great variety of astrophysical processes. In this review, we give the concept of MHD turbulence and explain the origin of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-24 Elena Popova , Alexandre Lazarian

It is generally believed that turbulence has a significant impact on the dynamics and evolution of molecular clouds and the star formation which occurs within them. Non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic effects are known to influence the nature of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-03-17 Turlough P. Downes , Stephen O'Sullivan

The purpose of this work is to investigate the spectral properties of the developed isotropic (non-Alfven) MHD turbulence stationary excited by an external force, which injects the cross helicity into the flow simultaneously with the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-04-13 Irina Mizeva , Rodion Stepanov , Peter Frick

We analyse the universal properties of nonequilibrium steady states of driven Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in three dimensions (3d). We elucidate the dependence of various phenomenologically important dimensionless constants on the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Abhik Basu

Plasma turbulence is a ubiquitous dynamical process that transfers energy across many spatial and temporal scales and affects energetic particle transport. Recent advances in the understanding of compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-09 Siqi Zhao , Huirong Yan , Terry Z. Liu , Ka Ho Yuen , Mijie Shi

Numerical simulations of dispersive turbulence in magnetized plasmas based on the Hall-MHD description are presented, assuming spatial variations along a unique direction making a prescribed angle with the ambient magnetic field. Main…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 D. Laveder , L. Marradi , T. Passot , P. L. Sulem

Theoretical and observational studies on the turbulence of the interstellar medium developed fast in the past decades. The theory of supersonic magnetized turbulence, as well as the understanding of projection effects of observed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 D. Falceta-Goncalves , A. Lazarian , M. Houde

The local properties of turbulence driven by the magnetorotational instability (MRI) in rotating, shearing flows are studied in the framework of a shearing-box model. Based on numerical simulations, we propose that the MRI-driven turbulence…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-14 Justin Walker , Geoffroy Lesur , Stanislav Boldyrev

This experimental study analyzes the relationship between the dimensionality of turbulence and the upscale or downscale nature of its energy transfers. We do so by forcing low-$Rm$ magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in a confined channel,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-06-12 N. T. Baker , A. Pothérat , L. Davoust , F. Debray

Relativistic astrophysical phenomena such as gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and active galactic nuclei often require long-lived strong magnetic field. Here, we report on three-dimensional special-relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Tsuyoshi Inoue , Katsuaki Asano , Kunihito Ioka

The topological and dynamical features of small scales are studied in the context of decaying magnetohydrodynamic turbulent flows using direct numerical simulations. Joint probability density functions (PDFs) of the invariants of gradient…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-15 Vassilios Dallas , Alexandros Alexakis

The statistical properties of interstellar turbulence are studied by means of three-dimensional high-resolution HD and MHD simulations of a SN-driven ISM. It is found that the longitudinal and transverse turbulent length scales have time…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 Miguel A. de Avillez , Dieter Breitschwerdt

We compare non-locality of interactions between different scales in hydrodynamic (HD) turbulence and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in a strongly magnetized medium. We use 3-dimensional incompressible direct numerical simulations to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Jungyeon Cho

Previous work has introduced scale-split energy density \psi for a given vector field B in order to quantify the field stochasticity S(t). Application to turbulent magnetic fields leads to the prediction that tangling magnetic field by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-26 Amir Jafari , Ethan Vishniac , Vignesh Vaikundaraman

We investigate the linear stability of a sinusoidal shear flow with an initially uniform streamwise magnetic field in the framework of incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) with finite resistivity and viscosity. This flow is known to be…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-10-19 Adrian E. Fraser , Imogen G. Cresswell , Pascale Garaud

The dependence of intermittent inertial properties on ultraviolet eddy viscosity closures is examined within the framework of shell-models of turbulent flows. Inertial intermittent exponents turn out to be fairly independent on the way…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-31 R. Benzi , L. Biferale , S. Succi , F. Toschi

We consider the problem of incompressible, forced, nonhelical, homogeneous, isotropic MHD turbulence with no mean magnetic field. This problem is essentially different from the case with externally imposed uniform mean field. There is no…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. A. Schekochihin , S. C. Cowley , S. F. Taylor , J. L. Maron , J. C. McWilliams

We present two models for turbulent flows with periodic boundary conditions and with either rotation, or a magnetic field in the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) limit. One model, based on Lagrangian averaging, can be viewed as an…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-05-01 A. Pouquet , J. Baerenzung , J. Pietarila Graham , P. Mininni , H. Politano , Y. Ponty