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Three-dimensional special relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations are performed to investigate properties of the downstream turbulence generated by the interaction between a relativistic shock wave and multiple clumps. We analyze the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-24 Kanji Morikawa , Yutaka Ohira , Takumi Ohmura

Intercluster medium is expected to be turbulent with turbulence being superAlfvenic at large scales. Magnetic fields substantially modify the turbulent cascade when the turbulence reaches the scales at which the fluctuation velocity gets…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Lazarian

We analyse nonlinear evolution of torsional Alfv\'en waves in a straight magnetic flux tube filled in with a low-$\beta$ plasma, and surrounded with a plasma of lower density. Such magnetic tubes model, in particular, a segment of a coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-09 S. V. Shestov , V. M. Nakariakov , A. S. Ulyanov , A. A. Reva , S. V. Kuzin

A dynamical approach, rather than the usual statistical approach, is taken to explore the physical mechanisms underlying the nonlinear transfer of energy, the damping of the turbulent fluctuations, and the development of coherent structures…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 G. G. Howes

The aim of the present study is to shed light on the effects connected with thermal misbalance due to non-equal cooling and heating rates induced by density and temperature perturbations in solar active regions hosting either propagating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-21 S. A. Belov , S. Vasheghani Farahani , N. E. Molevich

Alfven waves propagating in a vertically stratified plasma, such as those travelling from the solar photosphere to the corona, are partially reflected due to the gradient in the Alfven speed. Wave reflection naturally results in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-15 Roberto Soler

Turbulence is a phenomenon found throughout space and astrophysical plasmas. It plays an important role in solar coronal heating, acceleration of the solar wind, and heating of the interstellar medium. Turbulence in these regimes is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 D. J. Drake , J. W. R. Schroeder , G. G. Howes , C. A. Kletzing , F. Skiff , T. A. Carter , D. W. Auerbach

In a strongly magnetized, magnetically dominated relativistic plasma, Alfv\'enic turbulence can extend to scales much smaller than the particle inertial scales. It leads to an energy cascade somewhat analogous to inertial- or…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-04-04 Cristian Vega , Stanislav Boldyrev , Vadim Roytershteyn

We study of the effect of turbulence on diffusion processes within magnetized medium. While we exemplify our treatment with heat transfer processes, our results are quite general and are applicable to different processes, e.g. diffusion of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Alex Lazarian

In space and astrophysical plasmas, violent events or instabilities inject energy into turbulent motions at large scales. Nonlinear interactions among the turbulent fluctuations drive a cascade of energy to small perpendicular scales at…

Space Physics · Physics 2018-03-14 J. L. Verniero , G. G. Howes

Turbulence in highly magnetized plasma can be relativistic and induce an electric field comparable to the background magnetic field. Such a strong electric field can affect the emission process of non-thermal electrons. As the first step…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-05 Ryota Goto , Katsuaki Asano

A refined cascade model for kinetic turbulence in weakly collisional astrophysical plasmas is presented that includes both the transition between weak and strong turbulence and the effect of nonlocal interactions on the nonlinear transfer…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 G. G. Howes , J. M. TenBarge , W. Dorland

We present a survey of 1D kinetic particle-in-cell simulations of quasi-parallel non-relativistic shocks to identify the environments favorable for electron acceleration. We explore an unprecedented range of shock speeds $v_{\rm sh}\approx…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-30 Siddhartha Gupta , Damiano Caprioli , Anatoly Spitkovsky

This paper presents the numerical verification of an asymptotic analytical solution for the nonlinear interaction between counterpropagating Alfven waves, the fundamental building block of astrophysical plasma turbulence. The analytical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Kevin D. Nielson , Gregory G. Howes , William Dorland

High-energy particles stream during coronal mass ejections or flares through the plasma of the solar wind. This causes instabilities, which lead to wave growth at specific resonant wave numbers, especially within shock regions. These…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-04-01 Sebastian Lange , Felix Spanier , Markus Battarbee , Rami Vainio , Timo Laitinen

A two-field Hamiltonian gyrofluid model for kinetic Alfv\'en waves retaining ion finite Larmor radius corrections, parallel magnetic field fluctuations and electron inertia, is used to study turbulent cascades from the MHD to the sub-ion…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-05-29 T. Passot , P. L. Sulem

We show that a helical shear flow of a magnetized plasma may serve as an efficient amplifier of Alfven waves. We find that even when the flow is purely ejectional (i.e., when no rotation is present) Alfven waves are amplified through the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Andria D. Rogava , Swadesh M. Mahajan , Gianluigi Bodo , Silvano Massaglia

First-order Fermi acceleration process at a relativistic shock wave is investigated by means of Monte Carlo simulations involving numerical integration of particle equations of motion in a turbulent magnetic field near the shock. In…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jacek Niemiec , Michal Ostrowski

The analytical theory of diffusive cosmic ray acceleration at parallel stationary shock waves with magnetostatic turbulence is generalized to arbitrary shock speeds $V_s=\beta_1c$, including in particular relativistic speeds. This is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-19 Reinhard Schlickeiser

We consider the propagation of cosmic rays in turbulent magnetic fields. We use the models of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence that were tested in numerical simulations, in which the turbulence is injected on large scale and cascades to small…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Huirong Yan , A. Lazarian