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Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Tongjiang Wang , Davina E. Innes , Jiong Qiu

Rapidly decaying long-period oscillations often occur in hot coronal loops of active regions associated with small (or micro-) flares. This kind of wave activity was first discovered with the SOHO/SUMER spectrometer from Doppler velocity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-01 Tongjiang Wang , Leon Ofman , Ding Yuan , Fabio Reale , Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov , Abhishek K. Srivastava

The cross sections of solar coronal loops are suggested to be rarely circular. We examine linear kink oscillations in straight, density-enhanced, magnetic cylinders with elliptical cross-sections by solving the three-dimensional…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-02 Mingzhe Guo , Bo Li , Tom Van Doorsselaere

We present observations of a failed eruption of a magnetic flux rope recorded during the M6.2 flare of 14 July 2004. The observations were mainly made with TRACE 171 {\AA} and 1600 {\AA} filters. The flare was accompanied by a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Tomasz Mrozek

Kink oscillation frequency is a key parameter for coronal seismology. It is still unclear how gravitational stratification affects the kink frequency in curved coronal loops. This work aims to investigate the effect of gravitational…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-16 Mingzhe Guo , Bo Li , Mijie Shi

Decayless kink oscillations are frequently observed in solar coronal loops and are considered potential contributors to coronal heating. Despite the ubiquity of this wave phenomenon, its driving mechanism remains unclear. Studies to derive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-04 Sudip Mandal , Cosima Breu , Hardi Peter

Active regions (ARs) are the main sources of variety in solar dynamic events. Automated detection and identification tools need to be developed for solar features for a deeper understanding of the solar cycle. Of particular interest here…

We use a combination of analytical theory, numerical simulation, and data analysis to study the propagation of acoustic waves along coronal loops. We show that the intensity perturbation of a wave depends on a number of factors, including…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. A. Klimchuk , S. E. M. Tanner , I. De Moortel

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

This short review paper gives an overview of recently observed transverse, propagating velocity perturbations in coronal loops. These ubiquitous perturbations are observed to undergo strong damping as they propagate. Using 3D numerical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-06 I. De Moortel , D. J. Pascoe , A. N. Wright , A. W. Hood

The excitation and damping of transversal coronal loop oscillations and quantitative relation between damping time, damping quality (damping time per period), oscillation amplitude, dissipation mechanism and the wake phenomena are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-14 A. Abedini

On 2008 January 10, the twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) A and B spacecraft conducted a high time cadence study of the solar corona with the Extreme UltraViolet Imager (EUVI) instruments with the aim of investigating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 M. S. Marsh , R. W. Walsh , S. Plunkett

We identify coronal holes using a histogram-based intensity thresholding technique and compare their properties to fast solar wind streams at three different points in the heliosphere. The thresholding technique was tested on EUV and X-ray…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-13 Larisza D. Krista , Peter T. Gallagher

Decayless kink oscillations of solar coronal loops are studied in terms of a low-dimensional model based on a randomly driven Rayleigh oscillator with coefficients experiencing random fluctuations. The model considers kink oscillations as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-28 Valery M. Nakariakov , Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov , Sihui Zhong

Recent observations have revealed the ubiquitous presence of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves and oscillations in the solar corona. The aim of this review is to present recent progress in the observational study of four types of wave (or…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-02 Tongjiang Wang

We present a statistical study of 130 solar flares (B to X class) that lack soft X-ray quasi-periodic pulsations and show no kink oscillations of nearby coronal loops visible in SDO/AIA 171~\AA~images. The aim is to investigate whether…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-13 Zhiyi Li , Valery M. Nakariakov , Ding Yuan , Song Feng

We aim to study the influence of radiative cooling on the standing kink oscillations of a coronal loop. Using the FLASH code, we solved the 3D ideal magnetohydrodynamic equations. Our model consists of a straight, density enhanced and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-30 N. Magyar , T. Van Doorsselaere , A. Marcu

Observations from the NASA Solar Dynamic Observatory Atmospheric Imaging Assembly were employed to investigate targeted physical properties of coronal active region structures across the entirety of Solar Cycle 24 (dates). This is the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-19 Daniel Gordon Gass , Robert William Walsh

We observe intensity oscillations along coronal fan loops associated with the active region AR 11428. The intensity oscillations were triggered by blast waves which were generated due to X-class flares in the distant active region AR 11429.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-20 V. Pant , A. Tiwari , D. Yuan , D. Banerjee

We detect and analyse transverse oscillations in a coronal loop, lying at the south east limb of the Sun as seen from the \textit{{Atmospheric Imaging Assembly}} (AIA) onboard \textit{{Solar Dynamics Observatory}} (SDO). The jet is believed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-07 S. Sarkar , V. Pant , A. K. Srivastava , D. Banerjee