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Turbulence with a large magnetic Reyonolds number, generically leads to rapidly growing magnetic noise over and above any mean field. We revisit the dynamics of this fluctuating field, in homogeneous, isotropic, helical turbulence. Assuming…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Subramanian

The study of incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence gives useful insights on many astrophysical problems. We describe a pseudo-spectral MHD code suitable for the study of incompressible turbulence. We review our recent works on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Jungyeon Cho

In magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, the large-scale magnetic field sets a preferred local direction for the small-scale dynamics, altering the statistics of turbulence from the isotropic case. This happens even in the absence of a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-05-10 Vladimir Zhdankin , Stanislav Boldyrev , Joanne Mason

We analyse the effects of the propagating Alfv\'en waves, arising due to non-zero mean magnetic fields, on the nonequilibrium steady states of three-dimensional (3d) homogeneous Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. In particular, the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Abhik Basu , Jayanta K Bhattacharjee

Turbulence in an incompressible fluid with and without a magnetic field as well as moderately compressible MHD turbulence are compared. For the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) models the probability distribution functions of the velocity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Nicholas Hall , G. Kowal , A. Lazarian , Jungyeon Cho

Astrophysical fluids are turbulent, magnetized and frequently partially ionized. As an example of astrophysical turbulence, the interstellar turbulence extends over a remarkably large range of spatial scales and participates in key…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-22 Siyao Xu , Alex Lazarian

Turbulence of magnetohydrodynamic waves in nature and in the laboratory is generally cross-helical or non-balanced, in that the energies of Afv\'en waves moving in opposite directions along the guide magnetic field are unequal. Based on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-11-25 Stanislav Boldyrev , Jean Carlos Perez

We review the current status of research in MHD turbulence theory and numerical experiments and their applications to astrophysics and solar science. We introduce general tools for studying turbulence, basic turbulence models, MHD equations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-10 Andrey Beresnyak

The nonlinear dynamics of a bundle of magnetic flux ropes driven by stationary fluid motions at their endpoints is studied, by performing numerical simulations of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. The development of MHD turbulence is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Pablo Dmitruk , Daniel O. Gomez , William H. Matthaeus

We present a new analysis of the anisotropic spectral energy distribution in incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence permeated by a strong mean magnetic field. The turbulent flow is generated by high-resolution pseudo-spectral…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Roland Grappin , Wolf-Christian Müller

We propose a phenomenological model for incompressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. We argue that nonlinear-wave interaction weakens as the energy cascade proceeds to small scales, however, the anisotropy of fluctuations along the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Stanislav Boldyrev

We investigate numerically the long-time behavior of balanced Alfven wave turbulence forced at intermediate scales. Whereas the usual constant-flux solution is found at the smallest scales, two new scalings are obtained at the forcing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-25 S. Galtier , S. Nazarenko

In presence of an externally supported, mean magnetic field a turbulent, conducting medium, such as plasma, becomes anisotropic. This mean magnetic field, which is separate from the fluctuating, turbulent part of the magnetic field, has…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-12-07 Riddhi Bandyopadhyay , S. Oughton , M. Wan , W. H. Matthaeus , R. Chhiber , T. N. Parashar

We investigate analytically the amplification of a weak magnetic field in a homogeneous and isotropic turbulent flow lacking reflectional symmetry (helical turbulence). We propose that the spectral distributions of magnetic energy and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stanislav Boldyrev , Fausto Cattaneo , Robert Rosner

Recent advances in understanding of the basic properties of compressible Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence call for revisions of some of the generally accepted concepts. First, MHD turbulence is not so messy as it is usually believed. In…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Lazarian , J. Cho

We have derived the full set of MHD equations for incompressible shear flow of a magnetized fluid and considered their solution in the wave-vector space. The linearized equations give the famous amplification of slow magnetosonic waves and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Z. D. Dimitrov , Y. G. Maneva , T. S. Hristov , T. M. Mishonov

One of the most important predictions in magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is that in the presence of a uniform magnetic field $\textbf{b}_{0}$ a transition from weak to strong wave turbulence should occur when going from large to small…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-03-23 Romain Meyrand , Sebastien Galtier , Khurom H. Kiyani

Large-amplitude Alfv\'en waves are observed in various systems in space and laboratories, demonstrating an interesting property that the wave shapes are stable even in the nonlinear regime. The ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) model…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Hamdi M. Abdelhamid , Zensho Yoshida

Weak turbulence of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves in strongly magnetized plasma is studied when the thermal pressure is less than the magnetic field pressure. In this situation the main nonlinear mechanism is the resonance scattering of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Evgenii A. Kuznetsov

We consider stationary, forced, imbalanced, or cross-helical MHD Alfvenic turbulence where the waves traveling in one direction have higher amplitudes than the opposite waves. This paper is dedicated to so-called strong turbulence, which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Beresnyak , A. Lazarian