Saturation of the magnetorotational instability and the origin of magnetically elevated accretion discs

MC Begelman, PJ Armitage - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We propose that the strength of angular momentum transport in accretion discs threaded by
net vertical magnetic field is determined by a self-regulation mechanism: the …

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 …

MHD in a Cylindrical Shearing Box. II. Intermittent Bursts and Substructures in MRI Turbulence

TK Suzuki - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
By performing ideal magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulations with weak vertical magnetic
fields in unstratified cylindrical shearing boxes with modified boundary treatment, we …

Evolution of Tidal Disruption Event Disks with Magnetically Driven Winds

T Mageshwaran, K Hayasaki, TK Suzuki - arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.15415, 2023 - arxiv.org
We present a time-dependent, one-dimensional magnetically driven disk-wind model based
on magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) equations in the context of tidal disruption events …

Aerodynamic sound of turbulent time-developing shear layer as the outcome of the flow linear non-modal instability

G Khujadze, D Gogichaishvili, G Chagelishvili… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
The aim of this paper is to substantiate the importance of non-normality of shear flow linear
operators and its consequence--the non-modal dynamics of the perturbations--in the …

The nature of aerodynamic sound of turbulent temporal shear layers

G Khujadze, D Gogichaishvili, G Chagelishvili, H Foyisi… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
This paper aims to establish the pivotal role of the linear non-modal dynamics of
perturbations in the aerodynamic sound emission of turbulent temporal shear/mixing layers …