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Coronal loops generally trace magnetic lines of force in the upper solar atmosphere. Understanding the loop morphology and its temporal evolution has implications for coronal heating models that rely on plasma heating due to reconnection at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-29 B. Ram , L. P. Chitta , S. Mandal , H. Peter , F. Plaschke

We analyze a merged Parker Solar Probe ($PSP$) and Solar Orbiter ($SO$) dataset covering heliocentric distances $13 \ R_{\odot} \lesssim R \lesssim 220$ $R_{\odot}$ to investigate the radial evolution of power and spectral-index anisotropy…

This paper reviews the latest observational evidence for the existence of propagating waves in the open magnetic flux tubes of the solar corona. SOHO measurements have put tentative limits on the fluxes of various types of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Steven R. Cranmer

Context: In the context of the solar coronal heating problem, one possible explanation for the high coronal temperature is the release of energy by magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves. The energy transfer is believed to be possible, among…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-23 Michaël Geeraerts , Tom Van Doorsselaere

The Sun is a magnetic star, and the only spatio-temporally resolved astrophysical system displaying turbulent MHD thermal convection. This makes it a privileged object of study to understand fluid turbulence in extreme regimes and its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-16 F. Rincon , P. Barrère , T. Roudier

Extreme-ultraviolet and X-ray jets occur frequently in magnetically open coronal holes on the Sun, especially at high solar latitudes. Some of these jets are observed by white-light coronagraphs as they propagate through the outer corona…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-15 Vadim M. Uritsky , Merrill A. Roberts , C. Richard DeVore , Judith T. Karpen

From pulsar scintillations we infer the presence of sheet-like structures in the ISM; it has been suggested that these are current sheets. Current sheets probably play an important role in heating the solar corona, and there is evidence for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Jonathan Braithwaite

By means of self-consistent 3D MHD numerical simulations, we analyze magnetized solar-like stellar winds and their dependence on the plasma-beta parameter. We adopt in our simulations a heating parameter described by gamma, which is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 A. A. Vidotto , M. Opher , V. Jatenco-Pereira , T. I. Gombosi

We present new, third-epoch HST H-alpha and [S II] images of three HH jets (HH 1 and 2, HH 34, and HH 47) and compare these images with those from the previous epochs. The high-spatial resolution, coupled with a time-series whose cadence is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 P. Hartigan , A. Frank , J. M. Foster , B. H. Wilde , M. Douglas , P. A. Rosen , R. F. Coker , B. E. Blue , J. F. Hansen

Connecting the solar wind observed throughout the heliosphere to its origins in the solar corona is one of the central aims of heliophysics. The variability in the magnetic field, bulk plasma, and heavy ion composition properties of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-26 B. J. Lynch , N. M. Viall , A. K. Higginson , L. Zhao , S. T. Lepri , X. Sun

Combined tearing-thermal evolution plays an important role in the disruption of current sheets, and formation of cool condensations within the solar atmosphere. However, this has received limited attention to date. We numerically explore a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-18 Samrat Sen , Jack Jenkins , Rony Keppens

Three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations are used to investigate the structural stability of cooling flows that are episodically heated by jets from a central AGN. The radial profile of energy deposition is controlled by (a) the power…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Henrik Omma , James Binney

Oscillations are abundant in the solar corona. Coronal loop oscillations are typically studied using highly idealised models of magnetic flux tubes. In order to improve our understanding of coronal oscillations, it is necessary to consider…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-02 P. Kohutova , P. Antolin , M. Szydlarski , M. Carlsson

Active turbulence is a paradigmatic and fascinating example of self-organized motion at large scales occurring in active matter. We employ massive hydrodynamic simulations of suspensions of resolved model microswimmers to tackle the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-03-18 Antonio Gascó , Ignacio Pagonabarraga , Andrea Scagliarini

Interchange reconnection is believed to play a significant role in the production of solar jets and solar wind. However, the dynamics of interchange reconnection in the low corona might be more complex than recognized before in higher…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-28 Yadan Duan , Xiaoli Yan , Junchao Hong , Hechao Chen , Yuhang Gao , Zheng Sun , Zhenyong Hou , Jincheng Wang

A three-dimensional numerical experiment of the launching of a hot and fast coronal jet followed by several violent eruptions is analyzed in detail. These events are initiated through the emergence of a magnetic flux rope from the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Fernando Moreno-Insertis , Klaus Galsgaard

We present and analyze a theoretical model for the dynamics and interactions of "capillary surfers," which are millimetric objects that self-propel while floating at the interface of a vibrating fluid bath. In our companion paper [1], we…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-11-25 Anand U. Oza , Giuseppe Pucci , Ian Ho , Daniel M. Harris

In eruptive solar flares, termination shocks (TSs), formed when high-speed reconnection outflows collide with closed dense flaring loops, are believed to be one of the possible candidates for plasma heating and particle acceleration. In…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-26 Chengcai Shen , Xiangliang Kong , Fan Guo , John C. Raymond , Bin Chen

We study positive streamers in air propagating along polycarbonate dielectric plates with and without small-scale surface profiles. The streamer development was documented using light-sensitive high-speed cameras and a photo-multiplier…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-11-30 Hans Kristian Meyer , Robert Marskar , Frank Mauseth

Attractive colloidal dispersions, suspensions of fine particles which aggregate and frequently form a space spanning elastic gel are ubiquitous materials in society with a wide range of applications. The colloidal networks in these…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-11-14 Zsigmond Varga , Jennifer L. Hofmann , James W. Swan