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We present three-dimensional solutions of the magnetohydrostatic equations in the co-rotating frame of reference outside a magnetized rigidly rotating cylinder. We make no symmetry assumption for the magnetic field, but to be able to make…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-30 Thomas Neukirch

Using computations of three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence with a Taylor-Green flow, whose inherent time-independent symmetries are implemented numerically, and in the absence of either a forcing function or an imposed…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-13 Ed Lee , M. E. Brachet , A. Pouquet , P. D. Mininni , D. Rosenberg

We study the evolution of growth and decay laws for the magnetic field coherence length xi, energy E_M and magnetic helicity H in freely decaying 3D MHD turbulence. We show that with certain assumptions, self-similarity of the magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mattias Christensson , Mark Hindmarsh , Axel Brandenburg

Magnetised turbulence is ubiquitous in astrophysical systems, where it notoriously spans a broad range of spatial scales. Phenomenological theories of MHD turbulence describe the self-similar dynamics of turbulent fluctuations in the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-07-23 Joanne Mason , Jean Carlos Perez , Fausto Cattaneo , Stanislav Boldyrev

We present results from a high-resolution and large-scale hybrid (fluid electrons and particle-in-cell protons) two-dimensional numerical simulation of decaying turbulence. Two distinct spectral regions (separated by a smooth break at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Luca Franci , Andrea Verdini , Lorenzo Matteini , Simone Landi , Petr Hellinger

Decaying magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is important in various astrophysical contexts, including early universe magnetic fields, star formation, turbulence in galaxy clusters, magnetospheres and solar corona. Previously known in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-10 Shreya Dwivedi , Chandranathan Anandavijayan , Pallavi Bhat

We investigate hydromagnetic turbulence of primordial magnetic fields using magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in an expanding universe. We present the basic, covariant MHD equations, find solutions for MHD waves in the early universe, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Axel Brandenburg , Kari Enqvist , Poul Olesen

We present a new magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation code with the aim of providing accurate numerical solutions to astrophysical phenomena where discontinuities, shock waves, and turbulence are inherently important. The code implements…

Using an exact law for incompressible Hall magnetohydrodynamics (HMHD) turbulence, the energy cascade rate is computed from three-dimensional HMHD-CGL (bi-adiabatic ions and isothermal electrons) and Landau fluid (LF) numerical simulations…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-12-20 R. Ferrand , F. Sahraoui , D. Laveder , T. Passot , P. L. Sulem , S. Galtier

The evolution of the correlation characteristics in three-dimensional isotropic electron magnetohydrodynamic turbulence is investigated. Universal exact relations between the longitudinal and transverse two-point triple correlations of the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Otto Chkhetiani

We investigate using direct numerical simulations with grids up to 1536^3 points, the rate at which small scales develop in a decaying three-dimensional MHD flow both for deterministic and random initial conditions. Parallel current and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. D. Mininni , A. Pouquet , D. C. Montgomery

We present the results of a numerical investigation of three-dimensional decaying turbulence with statistically homogeneous and anisotropic initial conditions. We show that at large times, in the inertial range of scales: (i) isotropic…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Biferale , G. Boffetta , A. Celani , A. Lanotte , F. Toschi , M. Vergassola

Using direct numerical simulations of three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence the spatio-temporal behavior of magnetic field fluctuations is analyzed. Cases with relatively small, medium and large values of a mean background…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-12-21 R. Lugones , P. Dmitruk , P. D. Mininni , M. Wan , W. H. Matthaeus

We review recent axisymmetric and three-dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) numerical simulations of magnetospheric accretion, plasma-field interaction and outflows from the disk-magnetosphere boundary.

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 M. M. Romanova , R. V. E. Lovelace , M. Bachetti , A. A. Blinova , A. V. Koldoba , R. Kurosawa , P. S. Lii , G. V. Ustyugova

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) couples the Navier--Stokes and Maxwell equations into a nonlinear system of partial differential equations governing stellar interiors, astrophysical jets, fusion plasmas, and space weather. Numerical advances,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-20 E. A. Huerta

Based on the Newton's second law and the Maxwell equations for the electromagnetic fields, we establish a new 3D incompressible magneto-hydrodynamics(MHD) equations for the motion of plasma under the standard Coulomb gauge. By using the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-10-11 Ruikuan Liu , Jiayan Yang

We report on three-dimensional direct numerical simulation of wave turbulence on the free surface of a magnetic fluid subjected to an external horizontal magnetic field. A transition from capillarywave turbulence to anisotropic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-09-29 Evgeny Kochurin , Guillaume Ricard , Nikolay Zubarev , Eric Falcon

We extend the theory for third-order structure functions in homogeneous incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence to the case in which a constant velocity shear is present. A generalization is found of the usual relation [Politano…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 M. Wan , S. Servidio , S. Oughton , W. H. Matthaeus

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

Turbulence in rotating Magneto-hydrodynamic systems is studied theoretically and numerically. In the linear limit, when the velocity and magnetic perturbations are small, the system supports two types of waves. When the rotation effects are…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Nicholas Bell , Sergey Nazarenko