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Cosmic-Ray and Plasma Coupling for Isothermal Supersonic Turbulence in the Magnetized Interstellar Medium

  • Authors: Matt L. Sampson, James R. Beattie, Romain Teyssier, Philipp Kempski, Eric R. Moseley, Benoit Commerçon, Yohan Dubois, Joakim Rosdahl

Matt L. Sampson et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal 1001 .

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Caption: Figure 11.

The same as in Figure 7 but for the velocity power spectra separated into compressible modes (velocity modes where ∣∇ × v∣ = 0) and solenoidal modes (velocity modes where ∣∇ · v∣ = 0). We show the compressible mode spectrum in the main panel, and the solenoidal modes are shown in the inset. The compressible mode spectrum shows a strong dichotomy between the strongly coupled (low-Pmc) and weakly coupled (high-Pmc) regimes, reducing power on all k when the CR fluid couples and becomes acoustically responsive. Unlike the compressible mode spectra, the solenoidal spectra remain invariant.

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