Simulating the magnetorotational instability on a moving mesh with the shearing box approximation

O Zier, V Springel - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The magnetorotational instability (MRI) is an important process in sufficiently ionized
accretion discs, as it can create turbulence that acts as an effective viscosity, mediating …

Three-dimensional shear-flow instability saturation via stable modes

B Tripathi, PW Terry, AE Fraser, EG Zweibel… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Turbulence in three dimensions (3D) supports vortex stretching that has long been known to
accomplish energy transfer to small scales. Moreover, net energy transfer from large-scale …

MRI turbulence in accretion discs at large magnetic Prandtl numbers

LE Held, G Mamatsashvili - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The effect of large magnetic Prandtl number Pm (the ratio of viscosity to resistivity) on the
turbulent transport and energetics of the magnetorotational instability (MRI) is poorly …

Zero net flux MRI turbulence in disks: sustenance scheme and magnetic Prandtl number dependence

G Mamatsashvili, G Chagelishvili… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate sustenance and dependence on magnetic Prandtl number (Pm) for
magnetorotational instability (MRI)-driven turbulence in Keplerian disks with zero net …

From helical to standard magnetorotational instability: Predictions for upcoming liquid sodium experiments

A Mishra, G Mamatsashvili, F Stefani - Physical Review Fluids, 2022 - APS
We conduct a linear analysis of axisymmetric magnetorotational instability (MRI) in a
magnetized cylindrical Taylor-Couette (TC) flow for its standard version (SMRI) with a purely …

[HTML][HTML] MRI turbulence in vertically stratified accretion discs at large magnetic Prandtl numbers

LE Held, G Mamatsashvili… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The discovery of the first binary neutron star merger, GW170817, has spawned a plethora of
global numerical relativity simulations. These simulations are often ideal (with dissipation …

Active modes and dynamical balances in MRI turbulence of Keplerian disks with a net vertical magnetic field

D Gogichaishvili, G Mamatsashvili… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Active Modes and Dynamical Balances in MRI Turbulence of Keplerian Disks with a Net
Vertical Magnetic Field - IOPscience This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you …

On the role of numerical diffusivity in MHD simulations of global accretion disc dynamos

CJ Nixon, CCT Pringle, JE Pringle - Journal of Plasma Physics, 2024 - cambridge.org
Observations, mainly of outbursts in dwarf novae, imply that the anomalous viscosity in
highly ionized accretion discs is magnetic in origin and requires that the plasma. We suggest …

Saturation mechanism and generated viscosity in gravito-turbulent accretion disks

L Löhnert, S Krätschmer, AG Peeters - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2020 - aanda.org
Here, we address the turbulent dynamics of the gravitational instability in accretion disks,
retaining both radiative cooling and irradiation. Due to radiative cooling, the disk is unstable …

Hydrodynamical instability with noise in the Keplerian accretion discs: Modified Landau equation

S Ghosh, B Mukhopadhyay - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Origin of hydrodynamical instability and turbulence in the Keplerian accretion disc as well as
similar laboratory shear flows, eg plane Couette flow, is a long-standing puzzle. These flows …