Christiane Marliani
Main areas of interest
My area of research are hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic flows. I
am working on adaptive mesh refinement techniques for incompressible
fluid and plasma flows investigating the dynamics of singularity
formation in the inviscid case and turbulence at high Reynolds
numbers.
- We have recently studied the periodic coalescence instability
in two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in the ideal case as
well as in the presence of dissipative terms.
- When electron inertia is accounted for in the generalized
Ohm's law the MHD equations are slightly modified. The electron skin
depth is introduced as an additional parameter. The modified equations
allow for magnetic reconnection in the collisionless regime. Current
density and vorticity concentrate in extremely long and thin sheets.
Results for MHD with electron inertia using adaptive mesh
refinement are found here.
- Based on our adaptive mesh refinement codes for
magnetohydrodynamics in two and Euler flows in three dimensions, we
have developed a 3D MHD version. More
details and a movie.
- To find information on adaptive mesh simulations of the 3D
incompressible Euler equations and several other issues, check out the
homepage of my collaborator
Rainer Grauer at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf,
Germany.
Click here to find information about the DOE Courant Math
and Computing Laboratory (CMCL).
Publications
List
of Publications