Magnetic turbulence in the geospace environment

G Zimbardo, A Greco, L Sorriso-Valvo, S Perri… - Space science …, 2010 - Springer
Magnetic turbulence is found in most space plasmas, including the Earth's magnetosphere,
and the interaction region between the magnetosphere and the solar wind. Recent …

Resistive magnetohydrodynamics simulations of the ideal tearing mode

S Landi, L Del Zanna, E Papini, F Pucci… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the linear and nonlinear evolution of the tearing instability on thin current sheets by
means of two-dimensional numerical simulations, within the framework of compressible …

Formation and evolution of coherent structures in 3D strongly turbulent magnetized plasmas

L Vlahos, H Isliker - Physics of Plasmas, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We review the current literature on the formation of coherent structures (CoSs) in strongly
turbulent 3D magnetized plasmas. CoSs [Current Sheets (CS), magnetic filaments, large …

Stochastic acceleration in turbulent electric fields generated by 3D reconnection

M Onofri, H Isliker, L Vlahos - Physical Review Letters, 2006 - APS
Electron and proton acceleration in three-dimensional electric and magnetic fields is studied
through test particle simulations. The fields are obtained by a three-dimensional …

The onset of 3D magnetic reconnection and heating in the solar corona

JE Leake, LKS Daldorff, JA Klimchuk - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic reconnection, a fundamentally important process in astrophysics, is believed to be
initiated by the tearing instability of an electric current sheet, a region where magnetic field …

Inverse energy transfer in decaying, three-dimensional, non-helical magnetic turbulence due to magnetic reconnection

P Bhat, M Zhou, NF Loureiro - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
It has been recently shown numerically that there exists an inverse transfer of magnetic
energy in decaying, non-helical, magnetically dominated, magnetohydrodynamic turbulence …

Notes on magnetohydrodynamics of magnetic reconnection in turbulent media

P Browning, A Lazarian - Space Science Reviews, 2013 - Springer
Astrophysical fluids have very large Reynolds numbers and therefore turbulence is their
natural state. Magnetic reconnection is an important process in many astrophysical plasmas …

Analysis of second order time filtered backward Euler method for MHD equations

A Cibik, FG Eroglu, S Kaya - Journal of Scientific Computing, 2020 - Springer
The present work is devoted to introduce the backward Euler based modular time filter
method for MHD flow. The proposed method improves the accuracy of the solution without a …

Aspects of three-dimensional magnetic reconnection

D Borgogno, D Grasso, F Porcelli, F Califano… - Physics of …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
The nonlinear behavior of reconnecting modes in three spatial dimensions (3D) is
investigated, on the basis of a collisionless fluid model in slab geometry, assuming a strong …

Three-dimensional simulations of compressible tearing instability

S Landi, P Londrillo, M Velli, L Bettarini - Physics of Plasmas, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
Three-dimensional numerical simulations of the tearing instability in the framework of
compressible and resistive magnetohydrodynamics are presented. Simulations have been …