Nonlinear dynamics in space plasma turbulence: temporal stochastic chaos

ACL Chian, FA Borotto, T Hada, RA Miranda… - Reviews of Modern …, 2022 - Springer
Intermittent turbulence is key for understanding the stochastic nonlinear dynamics of space,
astrophysical, and laboratory plasmas. We review the theory of deterministic and stochastic …

Turbulence in the interstellar medium

D Falceta-Gonçalves, G Kowal… - Nonlinear Processes …, 2014 - npg.copernicus.org
Turbulence is ubiquitous in the insterstellar medium and plays a major role in several
processes such as the formation of dense structures and stars, the stability of molecular …

Intensification of magnetic field in merging magnetic flux tubes driven by supergranular vortical flows

ACL Chian, EL Rempel, SSA Silva… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The spatiotemporal dynamics of vorticity and magnetic field in the region of a photospheric
vortex at a supergranular junction of the quiet Sun is studied, using Hinode's continuum …

Nonlinear Rossby wave–wave and wave–mean flow theory for long-term solar cycle modulations

B Raphaldini, AS Teruya, CFM Raupp… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The Schwabe cycle of solar activity exhibits modulations and frequency fluctuations on slow
timescales of centuries and millennia. Plausible physical explanations for the cause of these …

[HTML][HTML] Precession resonance of Rossby wave triads and the generation of low-frequency atmospheric oscillations

B Raphaldini, PS Peixoto, ASW Teruya, CFM Raupp… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The dynamics of the Earth's atmosphere is characterized by a wide spectrum of oscillations,
ranging from hourly to interdecadal and beyond. The low-frequency component of the …

Lagrangian chaotic saddles and objective vortices in solar plasmas

ACL Chian, SSA Silva, EL Rempel, LRB Rubio… - Physical Review E, 2020 - APS
We report observational evidence of Lagrangian chaotic saddles in plasmas, given by the
intersections of finite-time unstable and stable manifolds, using an≈ 22 h sequence of …

Detection of current sheets and magnetic reconnections at the turbulent leading edge of an interplanetary coronal mass ejection

ACL Chian, PR Munoz - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The relation between current sheets, turbulence, and magnetic reconnections at the leading
edge of an interplanetary coronal mass ejection detected by four Cluster spacecraft on 2005 …

Wavenumber-frequency spectra of normal mode function decomposed atmospheric data: Departures from the dry linear theory

ASW Teruya, B Raphaldini, VC Mayta, CFM Raupp… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
The study of tropical tropospheric disturbances has led to important challenges from both
observational and theoretical points of view. In particular, the observed wavenumber …

A new mechanism for Maunder-like solar minima: Phase synchronization dynamics in a simple nonlinear oscillator of magnetohydrodynamic Rossby waves

B Raphaldini, E Medeiros, CFM Raupp… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The long-term solar cycle variability and Grand solar minima remain open questions from a
theoretical point of view. Recently, a growing basis of evidence points out to the role of the …

Energy flux enhancement, intermittency and turbulence via Fourier triad phase dynamics in the 1-D Burgers equation

BP Murray, MD Bustamante - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2018 - cambridge.org
We present a theoretical and numerical study of Fourier-space triad phase dynamics in the
one-dimensional stochastically forced Burgers equation at Reynolds number. We …