The decay of MHD turbulence depending on the conducting properties of environment

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-138 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mhd Turbulence

Inverse cascade in simulated MHD turbulence driven by small scale source of magnetic helicity

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 261-268
Author(s):  
R. Stepanov ◽  
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V. Titov ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Helicity ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Mhd Turbulence ◽  
Inverse Cascade

scholarly journals On a Possible Origin of the Gamma-ray Excess around the Galactic Center

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1432
Author(s):  
Dmitry O. Chernyshov ◽  
Andrei E. Egorov ◽  
Vladimir A. Dogiel ◽  
Alexei V. Ivlev
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Gamma Rays ◽  
Molecular Clouds ◽  
Alternative Explanation ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Galactic Center ◽  
The Self ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Mhd Turbulence ◽  
The Standard Model

Recent observations of gamma rays with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) in the direction of the inner galaxy revealed a mysterious excess of GeV. Its intensity is significantly above predictions of the standard model of cosmic rays (CRs) generation and propagation with a peak in the spectrum around a few GeV. Popular interpretations of this excess are that it is due to either spherically distributed annihilating dark matter (DM) or an abnormal population of millisecond pulsars. We suggest an alternative explanation of the excess through the CR interactions with molecular clouds in the Galactic Center (GC) region. We assumed that the excess could be imitated by the emission of molecular clouds with depleted density of CRs with energies below ∼10 GeV inside. A novelty of our work is in detailed elaboration of the depletion mechanism of CRs with the mentioned energies through the “barrier” near the cloud edge formed by the self-excited MHD turbulence. This depletion of CRs inside the clouds may be a reason for the deficit of gamma rays from the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) at energies below a few GeV. This in turn changes the ratio between various emission components at those energies and may potentially absorb the GeV excess by a simple renormalization of key components.

scholarly journals Inverse cascade of hybrid helicity in BΩ -MHD turbulence

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mélissa D. Menu ◽  
Sébastien Galtier ◽  
Ludovic Petitdemange
Keyword(s):  
Mhd Turbulence ◽  
Inverse Cascade

scholarly journals Reflection-driven magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in the solar atmosphere and solar wind

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin D. G. Chandran ◽  
Jean C. Perez
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Heating Rate ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Power Spectra ◽  
Inertial Range ◽  
Magnetic Flux Tube ◽  
Analytic Model ◽  
Mhd Turbulence ◽  
Background Magnetic Field ◽  
Turbulent Heating

We present three-dimensional direct numerical simulations and an analytic model of reflection-driven magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the solar wind. Our simulations describe transverse, non-compressive MHD fluctuations within a narrow magnetic flux tube that extends from the photosphere, through the chromosphere and corona and out to a heliocentric distance  $r$ of 21 solar radii  $(R_{\odot })$ . We launch outward-propagating ‘ $\boldsymbol{z}^{+}$ fluctuations’ into the simulation domain by imposing a randomly evolving photospheric velocity field. As these fluctuations propagate away from the Sun, they undergo partial reflection, producing inward-propagating ‘ $\boldsymbol{z}^{-}$ fluctuations’. Counter-propagating fluctuations subsequently interact, causing fluctuation energy to cascade to small scales and dissipate. Our analytic model incorporates dynamic alignment, allows for strongly or weakly turbulent nonlinear interactions and divides the $\boldsymbol{z}^{+}$ fluctuations into two populations with different characteristic radial correlation lengths. The inertial-range power spectra of $\boldsymbol{z}^{+}$ and $\boldsymbol{z}^{-}$ fluctuations in our simulations evolve toward a $k_{\bot }^{-3/2}$ scaling at $r>10R_{\odot }$ , where $k_{\bot }$ is the wave-vector component perpendicular to the background magnetic field. In two of our simulations, the $\boldsymbol{z}^{+}$ power spectra are much flatter between the coronal base and $r\simeq 4R_{\odot }$ . We argue that these spectral scalings are caused by: (i) high-pass filtering in the upper chromosphere; (ii) the anomalous coherence of inertial-range $\boldsymbol{z}^{-}$ fluctuations in a reference frame propagating outwards with the $\boldsymbol{z}^{+}$ fluctuations; and (iii) the change in the sign of the radial derivative of the Alfvén speed at $r=r_{\text{m}}\simeq 1.7R_{\odot }$ , which disrupts this anomalous coherence between $r=r_{\text{m}}$ and $r\simeq 2r_{\text{m}}$ . At $r>1.3R_{\odot }$ , the turbulent heating rate in our simulations is comparable to the turbulent heating rate in a previously developed solar-wind model that agreed with a number of observational constraints, consistent with the hypothesis that MHD turbulence accounts for much of the heating of the fast solar wind.

scholarly journals Origin of the prestellar core mass function and link to the IMF – Herschel first results

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (S270) ◽  
pp. 255-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ph. André ◽  
A. Men'shchikov ◽  
V. Könyves ◽  
D. Arzoumanian
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Instability ◽  
Mass Function ◽  
Initial Mass Function ◽  
Mhd Turbulence ◽  
Core Mass ◽  
Thin Filaments ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Prestellar Cores ◽  
First Results ◽  
The Imf

AbstractWe briefly review ground-based (sub)millimeter dust continuum observations of the prestellar core mass function (CMF) and its connection to the stellar initial mass function (IMF). We also summarize the first results obtained on this topic from the Herschel Gould Belt survey, one of the largest key projects with the Herschel Space Observatory. Our early findings with Herschel confirm the existence of a close relationship between the CMF and the IMF. Furthermore, they suggest a scenario according to which the formation of prestellar cores occurs in two main steps: 1) complex networks of long, thin filaments form first, probably as a result of interstellar MHD turbulence; 2) the densest filaments then fragment and develop prestellar cores via gravitational instability.

MHD turbulence and accretion disks

1990 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.T. Geertsema ◽  
A. Achterberg
Keyword(s):  
Accretion Disks ◽  
Mhd Turbulence

scholarly journals Astrophysical MHD turbulence: confluence of observations, simulations, and theory

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S294) ◽  
pp. 325-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blakesley Burkhart ◽  
Alex Lazarian
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Interstellar Medium ◽  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Particle Transport ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Critical Component ◽  
Dynamo Theory ◽  
Mhd Turbulence ◽  
The Galaxy

AbstractMagnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is a critical component of the current paradigms of star formation, dynamo theory, particle transport, magnetic reconnection and evolution of the ISM. In order to gain understanding of how MHD turbulence regulates processes in the Galaxy, a confluence of numerics, observations and theory must be imployed. In these proceedings we review recent progress that has been made on the connections between theoretical, numerical, and observational understanding of MHD turbulence as it applies to both the neutral and ionized interstellar medium.

scholarly journals Regulation of Thermal Conductivity in Hot Galaxy Clusters by MHD Turbulence

2008 ◽  
Vol 681 (2) ◽  
pp. L65-L68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven A. Balbus ◽  
Christopher S. Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Galaxy Clusters ◽  
Mhd Turbulence

scholarly journals Sub‐Alfvénic Nonideal MHD Turbulence Simulations with Ambipolar Diffusion. I. Turbulence Statistics

2008 ◽  
Vol 684 (1) ◽  
pp. 380-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pak Shing Li ◽  
Christopher F. McKee ◽  
Richard I. Klein ◽  
Robert T. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Ambipolar Diffusion ◽  
Mhd Turbulence ◽  
Turbulence Statistics
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