Alexei Kritsuk

	Title	Research Scientist
	Office	UCSD/CASS/LCA, SERF building, room 333A (3rd floor)
	Phone	(858) 534-2943
	Address	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Dr. ALEXEI KRITSUK 9500 GILMAN DRIVE, MAIL CODE 0424 LA JOLLA CA 92093-0424

Current Research Projects

Inertial Particles in Turbulent Flows
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Turbulent Fragmentation and Star Formation in Molecular Clouds
Project workpage | The 1st GB from 2048^3 Ma=6 Simulation
Nonlinear Thermal Instability in Three Dimensions
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Hydrodynamics of Galactic Cooling Flows
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Recent Talks

ISM Turbulence: Effects of Compressibility and Gravity
Invited talk, 6th Korean Astrophysics Workshop: Fundamental Processes in Astrophysical Turbulence, Pohang, South Korea, November 17, 2011 [ PDF ]
What Shapes the Structure of Molecular Clouds: Turbulence or Gravity?
Contributed talk, CCAT Meeting: Formation and Development of Molecular Clouds, Cologne, Germany, October 5, 2011 [ PDF ]
Comparing Numerical Methods for Isothermal Magnetized Supersonic Turbulence
Invited talk, ASTRONUM-2011: Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, Valencia, Spain, June 13, 2011 [ PDF ]
Magnetized Turbulence in the Multiphase ISM
Invited talk, KITP Program: The Nature of Turbulence, Santa Barbara, California, May 13, 2011
Highly Compressible Turbulence in Star-forming Clouds
Invited talk, LANL/CNLS Conference: Compressible Turbulence at the Intersection of Astrophysics and Engineering, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 26, 2011
Supersonic Turbulence in Star-forming Clouds
Invited talk, KITP Program: The Nature of Turbulence, Santa Barbara, California, March 17, 2011 [ PDF ]
MHD Simulations of Interstellar Turbulence and Star Formation
Invited seminar speaker, Astro Seminar, Theory Division at LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, December 20, 2010 [ PDF ]
ISM/Molecular Cloud/Star Formation Simulations
Invited talk, The Future of AstroComputing Conference, SDSC, La Jolla, California, December 17, 2010
New Insights from MHD Simulations of Interstellar Turbulence
Invited talk, CECAM Workshop: Frontiers in Computational Astrophysics: Particles and Flames in Magnetic and Radiative Flows, Lyon, France, October 11, 2010 [ PDF ]
Super-Alfvenic Turbulence in Molecular Clouds: Inferences from Simulations of Multiphase ISM
Invited talk, ASTRONUM-2010: Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, San Diego, California, June 16, 2010
Modeling ISM Turbulence
Invited review, IAU Symp. 270: Computational Star Formation, Barcelona, Spain, June 1, 2010
Simulating MHD Turbulence in the Multiphase Interstellar Medium
Invited talk, JIFT Workshop 2010: Hierarchical Self-organization of Turbulence and Flows in Plasmas, Oceans, and Atmospheres, San Diego, California, March 25, 2010
Universal Scaling Laws and Self-organization in Supersonic MHD Turbulence
Invited presentation at ORNL Booth, SuperComputing 2009, Portland, Oregon, November 18, 2009
Supersonic Isothermal Turbulence in Magnetized Molecular Clouds
Invited talk, ASTRONUM-2009: Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, Chamonix, France, July 1, 2009 [ PDF ]
Simulating Supersonic Turbulence in Magnetized Molecular Clouds
Invited talk, SciDAC 2009 Conference (Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing, DOE Office of Science), San Diego, California, June 17, 2009 [ PDF ]
Supersonic Turbulence and Star Formation in Molecular Clouds
Invited talk, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE 2009), Miami, Florida, March 2, 2009; Mini Symposium "Extreme-Scale Computational Astrophysics"
Supersonic Turbulence and Star Formation in Molecular Clouds
Invited talk, Workshop on Turbulence and Hydrodynamical Instabilities, Garching, Germany, November 17, 2008 [ PDF ]
Turbulence in Molecular Clouds
Invited talk, ASTROSIM-2008: Frontiers in Computational Astrophysics: The Origin of Stars, Planets and Galaxies, Ascona, Switzerland, July 17, 2008
Simulations of Supersonic Turbulence in Molecular Clouds
Invited talk, ASTRONUM-2008: Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, St. John, US Virgin Islands, June 10, 2008
Supersonic Hydrodynamic Turbulence
Invited talk, KITP Conference: Star Formation Then and Now, Santa Barbara, California, August 14, 2007 [ PDF ]
The Statistics of Supersonic Isothermal Turbulence
Invited talk, 6th Annual International Astrophysics Conference: Turbulence and Nonlinear Processes in Astrophysical Plasmas, Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, March 21, 2007 [ PDF ]
Astrophysics Seminar, UCSD, La Jolla, January 31, 2007 [ PDF ]
High Resolution Simulations of Supersonic Turbulence in Molecular Clouds
Invited talk, ASTRONUM-2006: Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, Palm Springs, California, March 27, 2006 [ PDF ]
Supersonic Turbulence, Intermittency, and Simulations with Adaptive Meshes
Invited talk, CMSO Magnetic Turbulence Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison, June 20, 2005 [ PDF ]
Towards Simulating Turbulence with Adaptive Meshes
Journal Club, UCSD, La Jolla, May 5, 2004 [ PDF ]
Thermal Instability and Turbulence in the ISM
Interstellar Lunch, UCSD, La Jolla, December 5, 2003 [ PDF | PPT | PPT with movies ]
Thermal Instability-induced Interstellar Turbulence
Invited talk, 2nd Annual International Astrophysics Conference: Turbulence in the Interplanetary and Interstellar Space: Theory, Observations, and Ramifications, Palm Springs, February 9, 2003 [ PDF ]

Recent Publications

[Publication List from NASA ADS]

What Shapes the Structure of Molecular Clouds: Turbulence or Gravity?
A. Kritsuk & M. Norman
arXiv:1111.2827 | 5pp., submitted to ApJL, 2011
Turbulent Clustering of Protoplanetary Dust and Planetesimal Formation
L. Pan, P. Padoan, J. Scalo, A. Kritsuk, & M. Norman
arXiv:1106.3695 | ApJ 740, 6, 2011
Comparing Numerical Methods for Isothermal Magnetized Supersonic Turbulence
A. Kritsuk, A. Nordlund, D. Collins, P. Padoan, M. Norman, T. Abel, R. Banerjee, C. Federrath, M. Flock, D. Lee, P.S. Li, W.-C. Mueller, R. Teyssier, S. Ustyugov, C. Vogel, & H. Xu
arXiv:1103.5525 | ApJ 737, 13, 2011
Interstellar Turbulence and Star Formation
A. Kritsuk, S. Ustyugov, & M. Norman
arXiv:1011.2177 | "Computational Star Formation", Proc. IAU, Vol. 6, Symp. 270, 179-186, Cambridge University Press, 2011 | PDF
On the Density Distribution in Star-forming Interstellar Clouds
A. Kritsuk, M. Norman, & R. Wagner
arXiv:1007.2950 | ApJL 727, L20, 2011 | PDF | TG'11 PDF
Self-organization in Turbulent Molecular Clouds: Compressional Versus Solenoidal Modes
A. Kritsuk, S. Ustyugov, M. Norman, & P. Padoan
arXiv:0912.0546 | ASP Conf. Series, 429, 15-21, 2010 | PDF
Simulating Supersonic Turbulence in Magnetized Molecular Clouds
A. G. Kritsuk, S. D. Ustyugov, M. L. Norman, & P. Padoan
arXiv:0908.0378 | Journal of Physics: Conf. Ser., 180, 012020, 2009
Piecewise Parabolic Method on a Local Stencil for Magnetized Supersonic Turbulence Simulation
S. D. Ustyugov, M. V. Popov, A. G. Kritsuk, & M. L. Norman
arXiv:0905.2960 | J. Comp. Phys., 228, 7614-7633, 2009 | PDF
Simulations of Supersonic Turbulence in Molecular Clouds: Evidence for a New Universality
A. Kritsuk, S. Ustyugov, M. Norman, & P. Padoan
arXiv:0902.3222 | ASP Conf. Series, 406, 15-22, 2009 | PDF | Projects in Scientific Computing (PSC)
Dissipative Structures in Supersonic Turbulence
L. Pan, P. Padoan, & A. Kritsuk
arXiv:0808.1330 | Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 034501-1-4, 2009
Scaling Laws and Intermittency in Highly Compressible Turbulence
A. Kritsuk, P. Padoan, R. Wagner, & M. Norman
arXiv:0706.0739 | AIP Conference Proceedings, 932, 393-399, 2007
The Statistics of Supersonic Isothermal Turbulence
A. Kritsuk, M. Norman, P. Padoan, & R. Wagner
arXiv:0704.3851 | ApJ 665, 416, 2007 | PDF, PS with high-resolution figures | SDSC Nugget
High Resolution Simulations of Supersonic Turbulence in Molecular Clouds
A. Kritsuk, R. Wagner, M. Norman, & P. Padoan
astro-ph/0607634 | ASP Conf. Series, 359, 84-90, 2006
Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Supersonic Molecular Cloud Turbulence
A. Kritsuk, M. Norman, & P. Padoan
astro-ph/0411626 | ApJL 638, L25, 2006 | AAS205, BAAS 36, 5, 1575 (2004) | SDSC Headline
Brown Dwarfs from Turbulent Fragmentation
P. Padoan, A. Kritsuk, M. Norman, & A. Nordlund
astro-ph/0411480 | Talk (PDF)
In "Low-mass stars and brown dwarfs: IMF, accretion and activity", Volterra, October 17 - 20, 2004, Mem. S.A.It., Vol. 76, pp. 187-192, 2005
A Solution to the Pre-Main-Sequence Accretion Problem
P. Padoan, A. Kritsuk, M. Norman, & A. Nordlund
astro-ph/0411129 | ApJL 622, L61, 2005
Introducing Enzo, an AMR Cosmology Application
B. O'Shea, G. Bryan, J. Bordner, M. Norman, T. Abel, R. Harkness, & A. Kritsuk
astro-ph/0403044 | in "Adaptive Mesh Refinement - Theory and Applications", T. Plewa, T. Linde & V. G. Weirs (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, Vol. 41, pp. 341-350, Springer 2005.
Scaling Relations for Turbulence in the Multiphase Interstellar Medium
A. Kritsuk & M. Norman
astro-ph/0310697 | ApJL 601, L55, 2004 | PDF with color figures
Interstellar Phase Transitions Stimulated by Time-dependent Heating
A. Kritsuk & M. Norman
astro-ph/0206338 | ApJL 580, L51, 2002 | TASC02 meeting | Science magazine
Thermal Instability-induced Interstellar Turbulence
A. Kritsuk & M. Norman
astro-ph/0112437 | ApJL 569, L127, 2002
Convective Cores in Galactic Cooling Flows
A. Kritsuk, T. Plewa & E. Mueller
astro-ph/0008017 | MNRaS 326, 11, 2001 | Research highlight

Enzo Development Project

Cello project
Enzo google code
Enzo v2.0 documentation
Enzo Boot Camp
Older Enzo public site at LCA
Enzo test suite (developer's page)
Computational Astrophysics Data Analysis Center

akritsuk@ucsd.edu

Last modified: Thu Feb 18 14:43:02 PST 2010