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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

We have performed high resolution 3D simulations of the Local Bubble (with 1.25 pc finest resolution) in a realistic background ISM, jointly with the dynamical evolution of the neighbouring Loop I superbubble. We can reproduce (i) the size…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dieter Breitschwerdt , Miguel A. de Avillez

This paper theoretically analyzes the hydrodynamic shape stability problem for sonoluminescing bubbles. We present a semianalytical approach to describe the evolution of shape perturbations in the strongly nonlinear regime of violent…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-06 Vladislav A. Bogoyavlenskiy

Stellar feedback plays a crucial role in regulating baryon cycles of a galactic ecosystem, and may manifest itself in the formation of superbubbles in the interstellar medium. In this work, we used a set of high-resolution simulations to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-20 Chengzhe Li , Hui Li , Wei Cui , Federico Marinacci , Laura V. Sales , Mark Vogelsberger , Paul Torrey

The expansion of a superbubble is investigated both analytically and numerically. Our model implements the thin layer approximation in a vertical profile of density as given by an isothermal self-gravitating disk. A precise comparison with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-09-03 L. Zaninetti

In this paper we discuss the development of Rayleigh-Taylor filaments in axisymmetric simulations of Pulsar wind nebulae (PWN). High-resolution adaptive mesh refinement magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations are used to resolve the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Oliver Porth , Serguei Komissarov , Rony Keppens

In this work we investigate the presence of lump-like solutions in models described by a single real scalar field. We take advantage of a procedure recently used to describe explicit analytical solutions and we study several distinct…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-18 A. T. Avelar , D. Bazeia , W. B. Cardoso , L. Losano

The two dimensional structure of hot gas in galaxy clusters contains information about the hydrodynamical state of the cluster, which can be used to understand the origin of scatter in the thermodynamical properties of the gas, and to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 A. Finoguenov , A. J. R. Sanderson , J. J. Mohr , J. J. Bialek , A. Evrard

The Local and Loop I superbubbles are the closest and best investigated supernova (SN) generated bubbles and serve as test laboratories for observations and theories of the interstellar medium. Since the morphology and dynamical evolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Dieter Breitschwerdt , Miguel A. de Avillez

Molecular dynamics simulation has been used to model pattern formation in three-dimensional Rayleigh--Benard convection at the discrete-particle level. Two examples are considered, one in which an almost perfect array of hexagonally-shaped…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 D. C. Rapaport

We present a phenomenological model of the dynamics of buoyant bubbles in the atmosphere of a cluster of galaxies. The derived equations describe velocity, size, mass, temperature and density of the buoyant bubbles as functions of time…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-13 Georgi Pavlovski , Christian R. Kaiser , Edward C. D. Pope

Magnetar-powered supernova explosions are competitive models for explaining very luminous optical transits. However, these explosion models were mainly calculated in 1D. Radiation emitted from the magnetar snowplows into the previous…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-22 Ke-Jung Chen

As massive stars evolve, their winds change. This causes a series of hydrodynamical interactions in the surrounding medium. Whenever a fast wind follows a slow wind phase, the fast wind sweeps up the slow wind in a shell, which can be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-02 Allard Jan van Marle , Rony Keppens , Zakaria Meliani

We carry out high resolution two-dimensional radiation-hydrodynamic numerical simulations to study the formation and evolution of hot bubbles inside planetary nebulae (PNe). We take into account the evolution of the stellar parameters, wind…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 J. A. Toalá , S. J. Arthur

We review progress in the development of physically realistic three dimensional simulated models of the galaxy.We consider the scales from star forming molecular clouds to the full spiral disc. Models are computed using hydrodynamic (HD) or…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-04-01 Frederick A. Gent

We study analytically the development of gravitational instability in an expanding shell having finite thickness. We consider three models for the radial density profile of the shell: (i) an analytic uniform-density model, (ii) a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Richard Wunsch , James E. Dale , Jan Palous , Anthony P. Whitworth

We use numerical simulations of turbulent cluster-forming regions to study the nature of dense filamentary structures in star formation. Using four hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic simulations chosen to match observations, we identify…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Helen Kirk , Ralph Pudritz , Mikhail Klassen , Samantha Pillsworth

{It is necessary to understand the dynamics of the atomic gas to use complex modeling and to carry out detailed comparisons between theoretical models and observations.}{In a companion paper, we present high resolution bidimensional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Hennebelle , E. Audit , M. -A Miville-Deschenes

Mass outflow generated by the dynamical feedback from massive stars is currently a topic of high interest. Using a purpose-developed analysis technique, and taking full advantage of the high kinematic and angular resolution of our…

We use spherically symmetric hydrodynamic simulations to study the dynamical evolution and internal structure of superbubbles (SBs) driven by clustered supernovae (SNe), focusing on the effects of thermal conduction and cooling in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-09 Kareem El-Badry , Eve C. Ostriker , Chang-Goo Kim , Eliot Quataert , Daniel R. Weisz