2002/02/28 by Ellen G. Zweibel, Fabian Heitsch, Yuhong Fan
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph
published as Lect.Notes Phys. 614 (2003) 101-126 · 26 pages, 4 figures, accepted for "Simulations of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in astrophysics" eds. T. Passot & E. Falgarone, Springer Lecture Notes in Physics
arxiv created 2002/02/28 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
The generation and evolution of astrophysical magnetic fields occurs largely through the action of turbulence. In many situations, the magnetic field is strong enough to influence many important properties of turbulence itself. Numerical simulation of magnetized turbulence is especially challenging in the astrophysical regime because of the high magnetic Reynolds numbers involved, but some aspects of this difficulty can be avoided in weakly ionized systems.