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We simulate transverse oscillations in radiatively cooling coronal loops and forward-model their spectroscopic and imaging signatures, paying attention to the influence of background emission. The transverse oscillations are driven at one…

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Angular momentum coupling between a rotating magnetized plasma and torsional Alfv\'en waves carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) is examined. It is not only demonstrated that rotation is the source of Fresnel-Faraday rotation - or…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-09-21 J. -M. Rax , R. Gueroult , N. J. Fisch

We describe, analyze and validate the recently developed Alfv\'en Wave Solar Model (AWSoM), a 3D global model starting from the top of the chromosphere and extending into interplanetary space (up to 1-2 AU). This model solves the extended…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-06 R. Oran , B. van der Holst , E. Landi , M. Jin , I. V. Sokolov , T. I. Gombosi

Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities like Toroidal Alfv\'en Eigenmodes or core-localized modes such as Beta Induced Alfv\'en Eigenmodes and Reversed Shear Alfv\'en Eigenmodes driven by fast particles can lead to significant redistribution and…

The analysis of quickly damped transverse oscillations of solar coronal loops using magneto-hydrodynamic seismology allow us to infer physical parameters that are difficult to measure otherwise. Under the assumption that such damped…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 A. Asensio Ramos , I. Arregui

Recent observations of reflected propagating and standing slow-mode waves in hot flaring coronal loops have spurred our investigation into their underlying excitation and damping mechanisms. To understand these processes, we conduct 2.5D…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-01 Tongjiang Wang , Leon Ofman , Stephen J. Bradshaw

We propose a novel one-dimensional model that includes both shock and turbulence heating and qualify how these processes contribute to heating the corona and driving the solar wind. Compressible MHD simulations allow us to automatically…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-21 Munehito Shoda , Takaaki Yokoyama , Takeru K. Suzuki

We investigate the temporal evolution of impulsively generated perturbations in a potential coronal arcade with an embedded loop. As the initial configuration we consider a coronal loop, represented by a density enhancement, which is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 S. Rial , I. Arregui , J. Terradas , R. Oliver , J. L. Ballester

We develop a modal method that solves Maxwell's equations in the presence of the linearized hydrodynamic correction. Using this approach, it is now possible to calculate the full diffraction for structures with period of the order of the…

Optics · Physics 2013-11-15 Avner Yanai , N. Asger Mortensen , Uriel Levy

Phase mixing of Alfv\'en waves has been studied extensively as a possible coronal heating mechanism but without the full thermodynamic consequences considered self-consistently. It has been argued that in some cases, the thermodynamic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-01 H. J. Van Damme , I. De Moortel , P. Pagano , C. D. Johnston

We present a comprehensive model of the global properties of Alfven waves in the solar atmosphere and fast solar wind. Linear non-WKB wave transport equations are solved from the photosphere to 4 AU, and for wave periods ranging from 3…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. R. Cranmer , A. A. van Ballegooijen

Identifying the underlying mechanisms behind the excitation of transverse oscillations in coronal loops is essential for their role as diagnostic tools in coronal seismology and their potential use as wave heating mechanisms of the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-17 Konstantinos Karampelas , Tom Van Doorsselaere

Magneto-atmospheres with Alfv\'en speed [a] that increases monotonically with height are often used to model the solar atmosphere, at least out to several solar radii. A common example involves uniform vertical or inclined magnetic field in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 P. S. Cally

Torsional Alfven waves are likely excited with bursts in rotating magnetars. These waves are probably propagated through corotating atmospheres toward a vacuum exterior. We have studied the physical effects of the azimuthal wave number and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Taishi Okita , Yasufumi Kojima

We present a model of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the extended solar corona that contains the effects of collisionless dissipation and anisotropic particle heating. Measurements made by UVCS/SOHO have revived interest in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. R. Cranmer , A. A. van Ballegooijen

Coronal loops trace out bipolar, arch-like magnetic fields above the Sun's surface. Recent measurements that combine rotational tomography, extreme ultraviolet imaging, and potential-field extrapolation have shown the existence of large…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 Avery J. Schiff , Steven R. Cranmer

This paper uses linear magnetohydrodynamics to model resonant absorption in coronal plasma with a Cartesian coordinate system. We impose line-tied boundary conditions and tilt the background magnetic field to be oblique to the transition…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-22 A. P. K. Prokopyszyn , A. N. Wright , A. W. Hood

We examine resonantly damped kink modes in straight coronal slabs, paying special attention to the effects of the formulation for the transverse density distribution ("profile"). We work in the framework of pressure-less, gravity-free,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-23 Hui Yu , Bo Li , Shaoxia Chen , Mingzhe Guo

We consider a series of MHD simulations in which a small amplitude, transverse velocity perturbation is introduced into a complex magnetic field. We analysed the deformation of the wave fronts as the perturbation propagates through the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-11 Thomas Howson , Ineke De Moortel , Jack Reid , Alan Hood

We explore the effect of an inhomogeneous mass density field on frequencies and wave profiles of torsional Alfven oscillations in solar coronal loops. Dispersion relations for torsional oscillations are derived analytically in limits of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-19 T. V. Zaqarashvili , K Murawski