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Turbulence is a crucial component of dynamics of astrophysical fluids dynamics, including those of ISM, clusters of galaxies and circumstellar regions. Doppler shifted spectral lines provide a unique source of information on turbulent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 A. Lazarian

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

We study the propagation and transmission of Alfven waves in the context of cylindrical geometry. This approximates the polar cap region of aligned pulsar with strong magnetic fields. Non-propagating region appears in the presence of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yasufumi Kojima , Taishi Okita

(abridged) We present results of test-particle simulations on both the first and the second order Fermi acceleration at relativistic parallel shock waves. We consider two scenarios for particle injection: (i) particles injected at the shock…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Joni J. P. Virtanen , Rami Vainio

In collisionless astrophysical plasmas, turbulence mediates the partitioning of free energy among cascade channels and its dissipation into ion and electron heat. The resulting ion heating is often anisotropic, with ions observed to be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-04 Zade Johnston , Jonathan Squire

The momentum distribution of particles accelerated at strong non-relativistic shocks may be influenced by the spatial distribution of the flow speed around the shock. This phenomenon becomes evident in the cosmic-ray modified shock, where…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-14 O. Petruk , T. Kuzyo

The high-frequency part of spectrum of electromagnetic waves propagating parallel to the external magnetic field is considered for the macroscopically motionless plasmas with the relativistic temperatures $T\sim m_{e}c^{2}$, where $m_{e}$…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-08-16 Pavel A. Andreev

In this paper, weak turbulence theory is used to investigate the nonlinear evolution of the parametric instability in 3D low-$\beta$ plasmas at wavelengths much greater than the ion inertial length under the assumption that slow…

Space Physics · Physics 2018-03-14 Benjamin D. G. Chandran

We study the propagation of cosmic rays (CRs) through a simulation of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence at unprecedented resolution of $10{,}240^3$. We drive turbulence that is subsonic and super-Alfv\'enic, characterized by $\delta…

Shocks are ubiquitous in astrophysical sources, many of which involve relativistic bulk motions, leading to the formation of relativistic shocks. Such relativistic shocks have so far been studied mainly in one dimension, for simplicity, but…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-25 Prasanta Bera , Jonathan Granot , Michael Rabinovich , Paz Beniamini

We discuss high-resolution simulations of one-dimensional, plane-parallel shock waves with mean speeds between 150 and 240 km/s propagating into gas with Alfven velocities up to 40 km/s and outline the conditions under which these radiative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Paul A. Kimoto , David F. Chernoff

A correct description of cosmic-ray (CR) diffusion in turbulent plasma is essential for many astrophysical and heliospheric problems. This paper aims to present physical diffusion behavior of CRs in actual turbulent magnetic fields, model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Siyao Xu , Huirong Yan

We present three-dimensional, hybrid-kinetic numerical simulations of driven Alfv\'{e}n-wave turbulence of relevance to the collisionless near-Earth solar wind. Special attention is paid to the spectral transition that occurs near the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-10 Lev Arzamasskiy , Matthew W. Kunz , Benjamin D. G. Chandran , Eliot Quataert

Various approaches to estimate turbulent transport coefficients from numerical simulations of hydromagnetic turbulence are discussed. A quantitative comparison between the averaged magnetic field obtained from a specific three-dimensional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Axel Brandenburg , Dmitry Sokoloff

Large-scale two-dimensional (2D) full particle-in-cell simulations are carried out for studying the relationship between the dynamics of a perpendicular shock and microinstabilities generated at the shock foot. The structure and dynamics of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-02-10 Takayuki Umeda , Yoshitaka Kidani , Shuichi Matsukiyo , Ryo Yamazaki

We study the formation and dynamics of shock waves initiated by a repulsive potential in a superfluid unitary Fermi gas by using the order-parameter equation. In the theoretical framework, the regularization process of shock waves mediated…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-10-03 Wen Wen , Tiankun Shui , Yafei Shan , Changping Zhu

A pair of nonlinear diffusion equations in Fourier space} is used to study the dynamics of strong Alfv\'en-wave turbulence, from MHD to electron scales. Special attention is paid to the regime of imbalance between the energies of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-12-12 George Miloshevich , Thierry Passot , Pierre-Louis Sulem

We study and measure the transmission coefficient of counter-propagating shallow-water waves produced by a wave generator and scattered by an obstacle. To precisely compare theoretical predictions and experimental data, we consider $\sim…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-10-19 Léo-Paul Euvé , Florent Michel , Renaud Parentani , Germain Rousseaux

This work builds on and confirms the theoretical findings of Part 1 of this paper, Moarref & Jovanovi\'c (2010). We use direct numerical simulations of the Navier-Stokes equations to assess the efficacy of blowing and suction in the form of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2011-11-29 Binh K. Lieu , Rashad Moarref , Mihailo R. Jovanović

The probability that a particle, crossing the shock along a given direction, be reflected backwards along another direction, was shown to be the key element in determining the spectrum of non--thermal particles accelerated via Fermi…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mario Vietri
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