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Engineering-Physics Space Plasma Seminar - Professor Benjamin Chandran, UNH

Title: "Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in Astrophysical Plasmas"

2/11/2025
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Wilder 202 & Zoom
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Arts and Sciences, Lectures & Seminars

Abstract:  Most of the visible matter in the universe is comprised of turbulent, magnetized plasma, and turbulence plays a critical role in the evolution of many astrophysical systems, such as accretion flows and star-forming molecular clouds. Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) provides a powerful, albeit approximate, framework for understanding astrophysical plasma turbulence, and in this talk I will present a tutorial introduction to some of the key ideas that underlie our current understanding of MHD turbulence.  I will then briefly describe some recent work on MHD turbulence and its implications for an astrophysical system close to home, the solar wind.

Hosted by Professor Jens Mahlmann

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Tressena Manning
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