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A recent paper states that ultraviolet backradiation from the solar transition region and upper chromosphere strongly affects the degree of ionization of minority stages at the top of the photosphere, i.e., in the temperature minimum of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 R. J. Rutten , H. Uitenbroek

Spectral properties of a fully compressible solar wind Hall Magnetohydrodynamic plasma are investigated by means of time dependent three dimensional Hall MHD simulations. Our simulations, in agreement with spacecraft data, identify a…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Dastgeer Shaikh , G. P. Zank

The Sun is a non-equilibrium dissipative system subjected to an energy flow which originates in its core. Convective overshooting motions create temperature and velocity structures which show a temporal and spatial evolution. As a result,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 F. Berrilli , S. Scardigli , S. Giordano

We present a series of radiative MHD simulations addressing the origin and distribution of mixed polarity magnetic field in the solar photosphere. To this end we consider numerical simulations that cover the uppermost 2-6 Mm of the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 M. Rempel

Alfv\'en waves are responsible for the transfer of magnetic energy in the magnetized plasma. They are involved in heating solar atmosphere and driving solar wind through various nonlinear processes. Since the magnetic field configurations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-04 Takahito Sakaue , Kazunari Shibata

Spatiotemporal properties of two-dimensional (2D) Hall-magnetohydrodynamic turbulence at intermediate plasma $\beta=2$ are studied by means of Fast Iterative Filtering, a new technique for the decomposition of nonstationary nonlinear…

Aims: We study the differences between non-magnetic and magnetic regions in the flow and thermal structure of the upper solar photosphere. Methods: Radiative MHD simulations representing a quiet region and a plage region, respectively,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 R. Moll , R. H. Cameron , M. Schüssler

The magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is modified to incorporate the parity violation in the Standard Model leading to a new instability of magnetic fields in the electroweak plasma in the presence of nonzero neutrino asymmetries. The main…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-05-08 Maxim Dvornikov , Victor B. Semikoz

We examine the local conditions for radiative damping and driving of short wavelength, propagating hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves in static, optically thick, stratified equilibria. We show that so-called strange modes in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Omer Blaes , Aristotle Socrates

It is generally believed that turbulence has a significant impact on the dynamics and evolution of molecular clouds and the star formation which occurs within them. Non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic effects are known to influence the nature of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-03-17 Turlough P. Downes , Stephen O'Sullivan

A proxy for horizontal electric currents in the solar photosphere was suggested. For a set of evolving active regions (ARs) observed with {\it Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)} Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) in the high resolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-11 Valentyna Abramenko

We present 3D numerical simulations and an analytic model of reflection-driven MHD turbulence in the solar wind. Our simulations describe transverse, non-compressive MHD fluctuations within a narrow magnetic flux tube that extends from the…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Benjamin D. G. Chandran , Jean C. Perez

Wave-particle instabilities driven by departures from local thermodynamic equilibrium have been conjectured to play a role in governing solar wind dynamics. We calculate the statistical variation of linear stability over a large subset of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Kristopher G. Klein , Mihailo Martinovic , David Stansby , Timothy S. Horbury

We study the influence of the non-flat shape of the solar Lyman-alpha line on the distribution of neutral interstellar hydrogen in the inner heliosphere and assess importance of this effect for interpretation of heliospheric in situ…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-04-21 S. Tarnopolski , M. Bzowski

Plasma turbulence cascading from MHD to kinetic scales in the heliospheric plasma is believed to play a key role in coronal heating and fast solar wind acceleration, but the properties of the turbulence remain poorly constrained by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-03 Eduard P. Kontar , A. Gordon Emslie , Daniel L. Clarkson , Alexander Pitna

High-energy particles enter the solar atmosphere from Galactic or solar coronal sources, producing an "albedo'' source from the quiet Sun, now observable across a wide range of photon energies. The interaction of high-energy particles in a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Hugh Hudson , Alec MacKinnon , Mikolaj Szydlarski , Mats Carlsson

The circumgalactic medium (CGM) plays a crucial role in regulating material and energy exchange between galaxies and their environments. The best means of observing this medium is through absorption-line spectroscopy, but we have yet to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-24 Yue Hu , Evan Scannapieco , Edward Buie , Siyao Xu , Samuel T Sebastian , Om Biswal

How do magnetohydrodynamic waves travel from the fully ionized corona, into and through the underlying partially ionized chromosphere, and what are the consequences for solar flares? To address these questions, we have developed a 2-fluid…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-22 Alexander J. B. Russell , Lyndsay Fletcher

The ionization of hydrogen in the solar chromosphere and transition region does not obey LTE or instantaneous statistical equilibrium because the timescale is long compared with important hydrodynamical timescales, especially of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Leenaarts , M. Carlsson , V. Hansteen , R. J. Rutten

We report the observations of the magneto-hydrodynamic waves propagating along magnetic flux tubes in the solar photosphere. We identified 20 isolated strong peaks (8 peaks for pores and 12 peaks for inter-granular magnetic structure) in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Daisuke Fujimura , Saku Tsuneta