TY - JOUR A1 - Zhao, Siqi Q. A1 - Yan, Huirong A1 - Liu, Terry Z. A1 - Liu, Mingzhe A1 - Wang, Huizi T1 - Multispacecraft analysis of the properties of magnetohydrodynamic fluctuations in Sub-Alfvenic solar wind turbulence at 1 au JF - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics N2 - We present observations of three-dimensional magnetic power spectra in wavevector space to investigate the anisotropy and scalings of sub-Alfvenic solar wind turbulence at magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) scale using the Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft. The magnetic power distributions are organized in a new coordinate determined by wavevectors ((kappa) over cap) and background magnetic field ((b) over cap (0)) in Fourier space. This study utilizes two approaches to determine wavevectors: the singular value decomposition method and multispacecraft timing analysis. The combination of the two methods allows an examination of the properties of magnetic field fluctuations in terms of mode compositions without any spatiotemporal hypothesis. Observations show that fluctuations (delta B-perpendicular to 1) in the direction perpendicular to (kappa) over cap and (b) over cap (0) prominently cascade perpendicular to (b) over cap (0), and such anisotropy increases with wavenumbers. The reduced power spectra of 6.8 11 follow Goldreich-Sridhar scalings: (P) over cap (k(perpendicular to)) proportional to k(perpendicular to)(-5/3) and (P) over cap (k(parallel to)) proportional to k(parallel to)(-2). In contrast, fluctuations within the (k) over cap(b) over cap (0) plane show isotropic behaviors: perpendicular power distributions are approximately the same as parallel distributions. The reduced power spectra of fluctuations within the (k) over cap(b) over cap (0) plane follow the scalings (P) over cap (k(perpendicular to)) proportional to k(perpendicular to)(-3/2) and (P) over cap (k(parallel to)) proportional to k(parallel to)(-3/2). Comparing frequency-wavevector spectra with theoretical dispersion relations of MHD modes, we find that delta B-perpendicular to 1 are probably associated with Alfven modes. On the other hand, magnetic field fluctuations within the (k) over cap(b) over cap (0) plane more likely originate from fast modes based on their isotropic behaviors. The observations of anisotropy and scalings of different magnetic field components are consistent with the predictions of current compressible MHD theory. Moreover, for the Alfvenic component, the ratio of cascading time to the wave period is found to be a factor of a few, consistent with critical balance in the strong turbulence regime. These results are valuable for further studies of energy compositions of plasma turbulence and their effects on energetic particle transport. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac822e SN - 0004-637X SN - 1538-4357 VL - 937 IS - 2 PB - IOP Publ. Ltd. CY - Bristol ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zhang, Heshou A1 - Yan, Huirong A1 - Richter, Philipp T1 - The influence of atomic alignment on absorption and emission spectroscopy JF - Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society N2 - Spectroscopic observations play essential roles in astrophysics. They are crucial for determining physical parameters in our Universe, providing information about the chemistry of various astronomical environments. The proper execution of the spectroscopic analysis requires accounting for all the physical effects that are compatible to the signal-to-noise ratio. We find in this paper the influence on spectroscopy from the atomic/ground state alignment owing to anisotropic radiation and modulated by interstellar magnetic field, has significant impact on the study of interstellar gas. In different observational scenarios, we comprehensively demonstrate how atomic alignment influences the spectral analysis and provide the expressions for correcting the effect. The variations are even more pronounced for multiplets and line ratios. We show the variation of the deduced physical parameters caused by the atomic alignment effect, including alpha-to-iron ratio ([X/Fe]) and ionization fraction. Synthetic observations are performed to illustrate the visibility of such effect with current facilities. A study of Photodissociation regions in rho Ophiuchi cloud is presented to demonstrate how to account for atomic alignment in practice. Our work has shown that due to its potential impact, atomic alignment has to be included in an accurate spectroscopic analysis of the interstellar gas with current observational capability. KW - magnetic fields KW - submillimetre: ISM KW - ultraviolet: ISM KW - ISM: abundances KW - ISM: lines and bands KW - techniques: spectroscopic Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1594 SN - 0035-8711 SN - 1365-2966 VL - 479 IS - 3 SP - 3923 EP - 3935 PB - Oxford Univ. Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zhang, Heshou A1 - Yan, Huirong T1 - Polarization of submillimetre lines from interstellar medium JF - Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society N2 - Magnetic fields play important roles in many astrophysical processes. However, there is no universal diagnostic for the magnetic fields in the interstellar medium (ISM) and each magnetic tracer has its limitation. Any new detection method is thus valuable. Theoretical studies have shown that submillimetre fine-structure lines are polarized due to atomic alignment by ultraviolet photon-excitation, which opens up a new avenue to probe interstellar magnetic fields. We will, for the first time, perform synthetic observations on the simulated three-dimensional ISM to demonstrate the measurability of the polarization of submillimetre atomic lines. The maximum polarization for different absorption and emission lines expected from various sources, including star-forming regions are provided. Our results demonstrate that the polarization of submillimetre atomic lines is a powerful magnetic tracer and add great value to the observational studies of the submilimetre astronomy. KW - polarization KW - turbulence KW - H II regions KW - ISM: magnetic fields KW - photodissociation region (PDR) KW - submillimetre: ISM Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx3164 SN - 0035-8711 SN - 1365-2966 VL - 475 IS - 2 SP - 2415 EP - 2420 PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Xue, Rui A1 - Liu, Ruo-Yu A1 - Wang, Xiang-Yu A1 - Yan, Huirong A1 - Böttcher, Markus T1 - On the minimum jet power of TeV BL Lac objects in the p-gamma model JF - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics N2 - We study the requirement of the jet power in the conventional p-gamma models (photopion production and Bethe-Heitler pair production) for TeV BL Lac objects. We select a sample of TeV BL Lac objects whose spectral energy distributions are difficult to explain by the one-zone leptonic model. Based on the relation between the p-gamma interaction efficiency and the opacity of gamma gamma absorption, we find that the detection of TeV emission poses upper limits on the p-gamma interaction efficiencies in these sources and hence minimum jet powers can be derived accordingly. We find that the obtained minimum jet powers exceed the Eddington luminosity of the supermassive black holes (SMBHs). Implications for the accretion mode of the SMBHs in these BL Lac objects and the origin of their TeV emissions are discussed. KW - galaxies: active KW - galaxies: jets KW - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaf720 SN - 0004-637X SN - 1538-4357 VL - 871 IS - 1 PB - IOP Publ. Ltd. CY - Bristol ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Xu, Siyao A1 - Yan, Huirong A1 - Lazarian, A. T1 - DAMPING OF MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCE IN PARTIALLY IONIZED PLASMA: IMPLICATIONS FOR COSMIC RAY PROPAGATION JF - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics N2 - We study the damping processes of both incompressible and compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in a partially ionized medium. We start from the linear analysis of MHD waves, applying both single-fluid and two-fluid treatments. The damping rates derived from the linear analysis are then used in determining the damping scales of MHD turbulence. The physical connection between the damping scale of MHD turbulence and the cutoff boundary of linear MHD waves is investigated. We find two branches of slow modes propagating in ions and neutrals, respectively, below the damping scale of slow MHD turbulence, and offer a thorough discussion of their propagation and dissipation behavior. Our analytical results are shown to be applicable in a variety of partially ionized interstellar medium (ISM) phases and the solar chromosphere. The importance of neutral viscosity in damping the Alfvenic turbulence in the interstellar warm neutral medium and the solar chromosphere is demonstrated. As a significant astrophysical utility, we introduce damping effects to the propagation of cosmic rays in partially ionized ISM. The important role of turbulence damping in both transit-time damping and gyroresonance is identified. KW - cosmic rays KW - magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) KW - turbulence Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/826/2/166 SN - 0004-637X SN - 1538-4357 VL - 826 PB - IOP Publ. Ltd. CY - Bristol ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Santos de Lima, Reinaldo A1 - Yan, Huirong A1 - de Gouveia Dal Pino, E. M. A1 - Lazarian, A. T1 - Limits on the ion temperature anisotropy in the turbulent intracluster medium JF - Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society N2 - Turbulence in the weakly collisional intracluster medium (ICM) of galaxies is able to generate strong thermal velocity anisotropies in the ions (with respect to the local magnetic field direction), if the magnetic moment of the particles is conserved in the absence of Coulomb collisions. In this scenario, the anisotropic pressure magnetohydrodynamic (AMHD) turbulence shows a very different statistical behaviour from the standard MHD one and is unable to amplify seed magnetic fields. This is in contrast to previous cosmological MHD simulations that are successful in explaining the observed magnetic fields in the ICM. On the other hand, temperature anisotropies can also drive plasma instabilities that can relax the anisotropy. This work aims to compare the relaxation rate with the growth rate of the anisotropies driven by the turbulence. We employ quasi-linear theory to estimate the ion scattering rate resulting from the parallel firehose, mirror and ion-cyclotron instabilities, for a set of plasma parameters resulting from AMHD simulations of the turbulent ICM. We show that the ICM turbulence can sustain only anisotropy levels very close to the instability thresholds. We argue that the AMHD model that bounds the anisotropies at the marginal stability levels can describe the Alfv,nic turbulence cascade in the ICM. KW - MHD KW - plasmas KW - turbulence KW - galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1079 SN - 0035-8711 SN - 1365-2966 VL - 460 SP - 2492 EP - 2504 PB - Oxford Univ. Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Makwana, Kirit D. A1 - Yan, Huirong T1 - Properties of magnetohydrodynamic modes in compressively driven plasma turbulence JF - Physical Review X N2 - We study properties of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) eigenmodes by decomposing the data of MHD simulations into linear MHD modes-namely, the Alfven, slow magnetosonic, and fast magnetosonic modes. We drive turbulence with a mixture of solenoidal and compressive driving while varying the Alfven Mach number (M-A), plasma beta, and the sonic Mach number from subsonic to transsonic. We find that the proportion of fast and slow modes in the mode mixture increases with increasing compressive forcing. This proportion of the magnetosonic modes can also become the dominant fraction in the mode mixture. The anisotropy of the modes is analyzed by means of their structure functions. The Alfven-mode anisotropy is consistent with the Goldreich-Sridhar theory. We find a transition from weak to strong Alfvenic turbulence as we go from low to high M-A. The slow-mode properties are similar to the Alfven mode. On the other hand, the isotropic nature of fast modes is verified in the cases where the fast mode is a significant fraction of the mode mixture. The fast-mode behavior does not show any transition in going from low to high M-A. We find indications that there is some interaction between the different modes, and the properties of the dominant mode can affect the properties of the weaker modes. This work identifies the conditions under which magnetosonic modes can be a major fraction of turbulent astrophysical plasmas, including the regime of weak turbulence. Important astrophysical implications for cosmic-ray transport and magnetic reconnection are discussed. KW - Astrophysics KW - Plasma Physics Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.10.031021 SN - 2160-3308 VL - 10 IS - 3 PB - American Physical Society (APS) CY - College Park ER - TY - GEN A1 - Makwana, Kirit D. A1 - Yan, Huirong T1 - Properties of magnetohydrodynamic modes in compressively driven plasma turbulence T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - We study properties of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) eigenmodes by decomposing the data of MHD simulations into linear MHD modes-namely, the Alfven, slow magnetosonic, and fast magnetosonic modes. We drive turbulence with a mixture of solenoidal and compressive driving while varying the Alfven Mach number (M-A), plasma beta, and the sonic Mach number from subsonic to transsonic. We find that the proportion of fast and slow modes in the mode mixture increases with increasing compressive forcing. This proportion of the magnetosonic modes can also become the dominant fraction in the mode mixture. The anisotropy of the modes is analyzed by means of their structure functions. The Alfven-mode anisotropy is consistent with the Goldreich-Sridhar theory. We find a transition from weak to strong Alfvenic turbulence as we go from low to high M-A. The slow-mode properties are similar to the Alfven mode. On the other hand, the isotropic nature of fast modes is verified in the cases where the fast mode is a significant fraction of the mode mixture. The fast-mode behavior does not show any transition in going from low to high M-A. We find indications that there is some interaction between the different modes, and the properties of the dominant mode can affect the properties of the weaker modes. This work identifies the conditions under which magnetosonic modes can be a major fraction of turbulent astrophysical plasmas, including the regime of weak turbulence. Important astrophysical implications for cosmic-ray transport and magnetic reconnection are discussed. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1225 KW - mhd turbulence KW - star formation KW - simulations KW - Anisotropy KW - diffusion Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-531607 SN - 1866-8372 VL - 10 IS - 3 PB - American Physical Society (APS) CY - College Park ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Maiti, Snehanshu A1 - Makwana, Kirit A1 - Zhang, Heshou A1 - Yan, Huirong T1 - Cosmic-ray transport in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence JF - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics / part 1 N2 - This paper studies cosmic-ray (CR) transport in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. CR transport is strongly dependent on the properties of the magnetic turbulence. We perform test particle simulations to study the interactions of CR with both total MHD turbulence and decomposed MHD modes. The spatial diffusion coefficients and the pitch angle scattering diffusion coefficients are calculated from the test particle trajectories in turbulence. Our results confirm that the fast modes dominate the CR propagation, whereas Alfven and slow modes are much less efficient and have shown similar pitch-angle scattering rates. We investigate the cross field transport on large and small scales. On large/global scales, normal diffusion is observed and the diffusion coefficient is suppressed by M-A(zeta) compared to the parallel diffusion coefficients, with zeta closer to 4 in Alfven modes than that in total turbulence, as theoretically expected. For the CR transport on scales smaller than the turbulence injection scale, both the local and global magnetic reference frames are adopted. Superdiffusion is observed on such small scales in all the cases. Particularly, CR transport in Alfven modes show clear Richardson diffusion in the local reference frame. The diffusion transitions smoothly from the Richardson's one with index 1.5 to normal diffusion as the particle mean free path decreases from lambda(parallel to) >> L to lambda(parallel to) << L, where L is the injection/coherence length of turbulence. Our results have broad applications to CRs in various astrophysical environments. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac46c8 SN - 1538-4357 VL - 926 IS - 1 PB - Institute of Physics Publ. CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lopez-Barquero, Vanessa A1 - Xu, S. A1 - Desiati, Paolo A1 - Lazarian, Alex A1 - Pogorelov, Nikolai V. A1 - Yan, Huirong T1 - TeV Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy from the Magnetic Field at the Heliospheric Boundary JF - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics KW - cosmic rays KW - magnetic fields KW - magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) KW - solar wind KW - Sun: heliosphere Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa74d1 SN - 0004-637X SN - 1538-4357 VL - 842 PB - IOP Publ. Ltd. CY - Bristol ER -