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An overview of selected topical problems on modelling oscillation properties in solar-like stars is presented. High-quality oscillation data from both space-borne intensity observations and ground-based spectroscopic measurements provide…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-28 Gunter Houdek

In the present study, we investigated flow structures and properties of elastic turbulence in straight 2D channel viscoelastic fluid flow and tested earlier observations. We discovered self-organized cycling process of weakly unstable…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-09-28 Narsing K. Jha , Victor Steinberg

Spiral shocks are potentially a major source of turbulence in the interstellar medium. To address this problem quantitatively, we use numerical simulations to investigate gas flow across spiral arms in vertically stratified,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Chang-Goo Kim , Woong-Tae Kim , Eve C. Ostriker

The role of supersonic turbulence in structuring the interstellar medium (ISM) remains an unsettled question. Here, this problem is investigated using a newexact law of compressible isothermal hydrodynamic turbulence, which involves…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-14 Renaud Ferrand , Sébastien Galtier , Fouad Sahraoui , Christoph Federrath

This article presents a modelling of the formation of spanwise vorticity in the turbulent streaks of the oblique bands and spots of transitional plane Couette flow. A functional model is designed to mimic the coherent flow in the streaks.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-12-10 Joran Rolland

Guided by the duality of turbulence (random versus coherent we seek coherent structures in the turbulent velocity field of molecular clouds, anticipating their importance in cloud evolution. We analyse a large map (40' by 20') obtained with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 Pierre Hily-Blant , Edith Falgarone

In this note we address the issue of hydrodynamical instabilities in Astrophysical rotating shear flows in the light of recent publications focused on the possibility for differential rotation to trigger and sustain turbulence in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Denis Richard , Sanford S. Davis

A Kolmogorov-type cascade of Kelvin waves--the distortion waves on vortex lines--plays a key part in the relaxation of superfluid turbulence at low temperatures. We propose an efficient numeric scheme for simulating the Kelvin wave cascade…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-10-28 Evgeny Kozik , Boris Svistunov

Turbulence is a challenging feature common to a wide range of complex phenomena. Random fibre lasers are a special class of lasers in which the feedback arises from multiple scattering in a one-dimensional disordered cavity-less medium.…

Turbulence is a dominant feature operating in gaseous flows across nearly all scales in astrophysical environments. Accordingly, accurately estimating the statistical properties of such flows is necessary for developing a comprehensive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-27 Lukas Konstandin , Rahul Shetty , Philipp Girichidis , Ralf S. Klessen

In an idealized way, some turbulent flows can be pictured by assemblies of many vortices characterized by a set of particle distribution functions. Ultrasound provide an useful, nonintrusive, tool to study the spatial structure of vorticity…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-31 Denis Boyer , Fernando Lund

An important aspect of astrophysical MHD turbulence research is developing diagnostics to connect simulations with the observable universe. Turbulent systems are by definition structurally complex in all fluid variables (density, velocity,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eve C. Ostriker

This paper provides a prescription for the turbulent viscosity in rotating shear flows for use e.g. in geophysical and astrophysical contexts. This prescription is the result of the detailed analysis of the experimental data obtained in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-28 B. Dubrulle , O. Dauchot , F. Daviaud , P-Y. Longaretti , D. Richard , J-P. Zahn

Passive scalars in turbulent channel flows are investigated as canonical problem for heat and mass transfer in turbulent boundary-layer flows. The one-dimensional turbulence model is used to numerically investigate the Schmidt and Reynolds…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-11-11 Marten Klein , Heiko Schmidt

Nonlinear phenomena and turbulence are central to our understanding and modeling the dynamics of fluids and plasmas, and yet they still resist analytical resolutions in many instances. However, progress has been made recently, displaying a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-02-15 Annick Pouquet

Direct numerical simulations are used to investigate the individual dynamics of large spherical particles suspended in a developed homogeneous turbulent flow. A definition of the direction of the particle motion relative to the surrounding…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-16 Mamadou Cisse , Holger Homann , Jeremie Bec

Supersonic turbulence is a large reservoir of suprathermal energy in the interstellar medium. Its dissipation, because it is intermittent in space and time, can deeply modify the chemistry of the gas. We further explore a hybrid method to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-11-13 Benjamin Godard , Edith Falgarone , Guillaume Pineau Des Forêts

Vorticity is central to the nature of, and dynamical processes in turbulence, including turbulence in astrophysical fluids. The results of \cite{Raymond20a,Raymond20b} on vorticity in the post-shock fluid of the Cygnus Loop supernova…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-15 Steven R. Spangler

Recently there has been some progress in modeling the statistical properties of turbulent flows using simple superstatistical models. Here we briefly review the concept of superstatistics in turbulence. In particular, we discuss a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Christian Beck

Various methods for leveraging turbulent fluctuation measurements from fusion plasma experiments are introduced, along with selected application examples. These can be categorized into spectral methods, statistical methods, and physics…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-10-27 Minjun J. Choi